March 20, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 60; stating that Colonel Minor Milliken, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, having been adversely reported on by a Board of Examination, and the President of the United States having approved the report, was discharged from the service to take effect on March 15, 1862. By order of the Secretary of War.
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March 20, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. Extract from Special Orders No. 60; stating that Colonel Minor Milliken, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, having been reported on adversely by a Board of Examination, and the President of the United States having approved the report, was discharged from the service to take effect on March 15, 1862. By order of the Secretary of War. Forwarded to the Governor of Ohio by N[athaniel] H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri on March 26, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 200]

March 20, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 6; stating that the resignations of 1st Lieutenant Andrew H. Fetter, Company D, and 1st Lieutenant Peter Dennis, Company F, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Captain James M. Crooks, Company I, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect on March 20, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 229]

March 21, 1862
P.H. Breslin, Captain, 18th Infantry, and Mustering Officer, U.S. Army, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter transmitting the muster in roll of Captain Julius C. Stedman's company in the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that the delay in transmission of same had been unavoidable.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 152]

March 21, 1862
William P. Clarkson, Captain, et. al., Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter signed by 121 prisoners of war at Camp Chase; stating that they could not afford to pay the sutler's prices for his stores; and requesting, if not inconsistent with the public interest, that the Governor give permission to one or more traders from Columbus to come within the prison enclosure and deal with them according to their necessities.
3 pp. [Series 147-29: 69]

March 21, 1862
William O. Collins, Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Battalion Headquarters, Benton Barracks, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his appointment as Colonel by the Governor of Ohio was dated October 25, 1861, and the certificate of muster was dated October 26, 1861, that he was mustered in on his return home by 2nd Lieutenant Peter W. VanWinkle who was then a recruiting officer and was now Captain of one of his companies, that he was mustered some time before by an officer of the regular army, and that he thought the officer was Major Edie, but he spoke from recollection; giving a copy of the certificate which was endorsed on the back of his appointment; and stating that the oath taken when his commission was received bore an endorsement on the back, that a certificate was duly forwarded to Columbus, that if the mustering in was not by a proper officer, he wished to be informed at once so that it might be corrected, that he understood that about January 8, 1862, an order was made directing that volunteer officers should be mustered in by an officer of the regular army, but that prior to said time it could be done by any recruiting officer authorized to muster Privates, that he supposed, if necessary, that he could now be mustered in as of the proper date, and that there were some indications that they might see service soon and he wanted the matter made right at once.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 179]

March 21, 1862
L.C. Counsellor, Captain, Company A, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Medill, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had already made a requisition on Quartermaster G[eorge] J. Wygum for a set of company books and had drawn them all, that the company clothing book had been spoiled by wet weather and he wanted another one in its place, that he was willing to pay the Quartermaster for a replacement as the original had not been in a safe location, that he wished Buckingham would send him another company clothing book or send him an order on the Quartermaster for one, that the Quartermaster said he would issue him another with an order from Buckingham, and that he also wanted some company clothing rolls as they had none there.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 177]

March 21, 1862
C. Daugherty, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had recruited the bearers, John A. Kliner and Henry M. Tutson, that he ordered them to report to Buckingham on March 22 at 10 A.M., that he would leave in the morning and return on Tuesday, that Kliner and Tutson would be under Buckingham's orders, and that they would like to have their clothing immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 174]

[March 21?, 1862]
Fletcher Golden, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, et. al. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter signed by twenty-two individuals; and stating that from a long acquaintance with Richard Lambert, a local resident who was now a Private in Company E, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they were able to say that he was honest, intelligent, and capable, that they were unwilling to allow Lambert to remain longer as a Private while there was hope that he would be advanced, and that a petition had been sent to the Governor of Virginia requesting him to authorize Lambert to raise a company in western Virginia, but with the understanding that the Governor of Ohio would allow Lambert to be so advanced.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 155]

March 21, 1862
E[noch] B. Kinsell, Recruiting Officer, Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been sick for some time and had not been able to attend to business as he otherwise would have done, that he had two very fine fellows enlisted who subsisted without cost to the Government, that these men were very anxious to join Company G, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, their neighbors all being in that company, that he wanted Buckingham to grant these men transportation to the regiment, that he presumed Company G had suffered more loss in men than some other companies in the regiment, that two died of disease, one drowned, one was wounded, and a good number were detailed out of that company for regimental purposes, that he felt anxious that the company should be filled, that Captain R[ussell] B. Kinsell commanded the company, and that he expected to recruit a few more men.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 158]

March 21, 1862
Ralph Leete, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had received several letters from Elias Nigh of Ironton, now Quartermaster at Lebanon, Kentucky, desiring to be put into active service in the field in case any vacancy should occur, that Nigh was well versed in military matters, that Nigh had successfully practiced law in Lawrence County for eighteen years and had served with credit and distinction in the Ohio Legislature in 1846 and 1860-1861, that Nigh was faithful and energetic in whatever he undertook and was always popular in that part of the state, that Lawrence County had furnished 1,634 volunteers for the service enlisted in Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky, but had no officer in the field above the rank of Captain, that he thought Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham was acquainted with Nigh and could advise as to his fitness for a field office, that Nigh was a law student of Hocking H. Hunter of Lancaster, and that Nigh was not popular with the "Higher Law" abolitionists, but there was no man in the region who enjoyed a greater measure of public confidence than he did; assuring Tod that Nigh's promotion would be gratifying to friends in that region of the state; and citing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 150]

March 21, 1862
Jonathan Letterman, Medical Director, Medical Director's Office, Wheeling, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting Tod to appoint a Surgeon for the 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in place of Surgeon N. Barr resigned; stating that there was an urgent necessity for every regiment to be supplied with its full quota of medical officers; and requesting that Tod make the appointment as soon as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 72]

March 21, 1862
George and William McDonald, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, 124 South High Street, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had received a communication from the prison at Camp Chase accompanied by a request that they deliver the same to the Governor or Buckingham; enclosing the document in question; and stating that during the few days they were out to Camp Chase on Buckingham's permit of March 4, they made many acquaintances who since that time had endeavored to make them the medium of attending to their wants outside of the prison, that the writer had mentioned to Buckingham the fact of the prisoners sending orders for them to execute and would explain why the petition was forwarded through the present channel, that they had called on Buckingham, stated the facts, and asked whether or not they would be allowed to fill orders so received because they did not wish to do anything which was unlawful or had been forbidden, that in handing Buckingham the document enclosed, they simply did as they had been requested to do and would have done for anyone, that as far as they were concerned, the matter ended there, and that should Buckingham deem it proper or expedient to grant the privilege mentioned in the petition, as merchants they would ask a continuance or renewal of the permit formerly given.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 68]

March 21, 1862
John L. Martin, Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Joseph Sutphin, father of the young man (Charles) whose application for a Lieutenancy he handed Tod the previous week, was leaving Middletown on March 22 to visit his son's regiment, that Joseph Sutphin would undoubtedly get the recommendation spoken of by Tod, which would secure Charles' promotion, and that he was writing so that the matter might not be lost sight of or an appointment made before Joseph Sutphin's return, at which time the papers would be forwarded to Tod.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 213]

March 21, 1862
John Payne, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that at the time the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry left Mt. Vernon for the field, Captain [William] Walker placed two muskets, etc. in his care, not being able to take the articles with him, that Walker's verbal order was to give the articles to no one except on order from him or if one of his company came for them, they might be delivered up, that on Thursday next, a number of soldiers left there in hospital would start for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that one of these soldiers had called on him for the muskets, promising to deliver them to Captain Walker, and that there were a number of things left at Mt. Vernon with different persons by members of the regiment, all of which the convalescent soldiers proposed taking with them; and asking if he would be safe in giving up the muskets under these circumstances.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 161]

March 21, 1862
John W. Piper, Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that transportation papers for he and his men to join the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were expected, and that no report had yet been filed as he intended to give Buckingham the names of those who went with him.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 154]

March 21, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Copy of letter reporting the names of seven officers of the volunteer forces from the State of Ohio who had resigned effective on the dates specified.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 193]

March 21, 1862
B[ellamy] Storer, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if there was any mode by which Jerry Stockell could be paroled, and if Buckingham would look into the matter and let him know what course must be pursued to obtain Stockell's liberation.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 182]

March 22, 1862
R.J. Atkinson, Auditor, Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, [Washington]. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting that Tod furnish him with the present post office address of Lieutenant H.C. Brumback of the Ohio volunteers.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 169]

March 22, 1862
J.H. Bainter, Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on recruiting activities for the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 165]

March 22, 1862
Nathaniel Crouch, 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had given Buckingham the names of six men including one deserter who they could get if authorized, that some of these men had returned home so there would be but four of them, that he was writing again fearing Buckingham would forget him, that he had been detailed at Troy as Hospital Steward, and that Lieutenant Toms sent him home with some of the sick, but left no way for him to get there save paying his own fare; giving the names of the four men including himself; stating that he hoped it would please Buckingham to furnish their transportation soon; asking what they should do in reference to their boarding; and stating that they were boarding at the same house where Lieutenant Toms engaged their boarding while on duty.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 162]

March 22, 1862
Richard G. Huston, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that having been introduced to Tod by Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham and having conversed with Tod on the subject of his obtaining a commission in the Ohio volunteer service, he was taking the liberty of submitting a copy of testimonials he lately received and reiterating that he was determined to lend a helping hand to preserve the integrity of the United States Government, that for the past six months, he had been engaged professionally in Great Britain and had conversed freely with some of his kinsmen in the House of Commons and others high in the employment of the government, that he had ample opportunity to judge the feelings of the aristocracy of Great Britain with regard to the American Civil War, that at first, the aristocracy affected sympathy with the Northern people believing they waged war solely against slavery, that when they ascertained that the real cause was to preserve the Union, public sentiment turned in favor of the Southern people, that it was said the Southern people were more "gentlemanlike" and assimilated to themselves more than the people of the North, that he wrote several articles in the Irish Dublin papers endeavoring to disabuse their minds of these prejudices, that the British Government would wish sincerely to see the United States' democratic government weakened by the establishment of a separate Southern confederacy and had no sympathy with the poor working man, that the British Government would delight to see all democratic institutions go under, that he was an Irishman who had come to the United States quite young, that he had been over the waters six times, that he therefore knew well that the constitution of things in his adopted country was far more healthy to the amelioration of the human race than that in Great Britain or any other country under the sun, that he must have the glory to transmit to his children the fact of his fighting for the Union, and that if Tod could not commission him, it was his determination to enlist in lieu of something better in the army; asking Tod to keep his communication on file for reference; and citing references.
4 pp. [Series 147-29: 174]

March 22, 1862
Samuel McCullough, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To General Carrington. Letter stating that some 20 or more Ohio volunteers from Company H, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, detailed with prisoners from Fort Donelson to Indianapolis and sent home sick, wished to know how they were to get to their company now about Savannah, Tennessee, that they might all or nearly all be able next week to join their company, and that they had never received any pay and were without means.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 164]

March 22, 1862
A[braham] Sanders Piatt, Colonel, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Charleston, Kanawha Valley, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he understood, upon the strength of an announcement of his appointment as Brigadier General, that some of the officers of the 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had recommended Major F[reeman] E. Franklin as his successor, that this was wrong, that Franklin was an excellent officer, but no better than Lieutenant Colonel J[ohn] T. Toland who was in every way fit for the position, and an excellent, vigilant disciplinarian, that it would be gross injustice to place the Major over Toland upon his advancement, and that there was no reason for such a course and he trusted it would not be done.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 197]

March 22, 1862
Alvah S. Skilton, Captain, Company I, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he sent the muster in rolls of his company to Buckingham's office on February 15, 1862, for approval, and that he had never received either of the rolls in return; and requesting one of the original rolls or a copy of the original.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 190]

March 22, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 8; stating that the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant H.M. Kendrick, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on March 22, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 230]

March 23, 1862
E.K. Hall, Lieutenant and Assistant Ordnance Officer, Paducah, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he received Buckingham's certificate of discharge dated January 10, 1862, that he thought this rather unjust, and that he served as Quartermaster of the regiment up to February 7, 1862, and reported to Buckingham's office on February 8; requesting that Buckingham change the date of his discharge; stating that he was on duty under order of Brigadier General [William T.] Sherman as 1st Lieutenant and Assistant Ordnance Officer at Paducah; and asking if he required a commission from the division to hold his rank as 1st Lieutenant. Bears a pencilled note stating that Hall's discharge was done by order from Washington and the date of January 10 could not be changed by the Adjutant General of Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 234]

March 23, 1862
John Vertessy, 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham had informed him that resignation could only be made through the Colonel of the regiment to the General of the department, that he wrote to Colonel R[obert] L. McCook and to Major General Don Carlos Buell on March 7, but no answer had been received and he did not know what to do, and that he appealed to Buckingham's generosity to cause, by the proper authorities, his resignation.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 194]

March 24, 1862
E[dwin] D. Bradley, late Colonel, 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Stryker, Williams County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that having been compelled to retire from the command of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on account of ill health, he was addressing Tod on behalf of his Adjutant, E[rastus] H. Leland of Defiance, that the appointments in the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had made it impossible for Leland to consistently retain his position as Adjutant even if Colonel [Edward H.] Phelps desired it which presumably he would not, that Leland was a most faithful and efficient officer, that during all the severe campaign in the neighborhood of London and Somerset, Kentucky, Leland was ever active at the post of duty, that Leland had his entire confidence and also that of all the officers under his command, that this continued until about November 1, 1861, when Lieutenant Colonel [Edward H.] Phelps joined the regiment, that for reasons which he could never explain, Phelps manifested great ill will towards Leland, that a short time before Leland left, all the Captains of the regiment gave a flattering testimonial of his "officerlike" and gentlemanly deportment in all his official intercourse with them and expressed their sincere regret that his health would compel him to be temporarily absent, that under the severe exposure of the winter campaign, Leland's health failed, that he learned with great pleasure that Leland had recovered his health and was now able to take the field, that if his own health had permitted, he would have visited the Executive Department for the purpose of placing such facts before the department which would probably have induced Tod to appoint Leland to one of the field offices in the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it would have been far more satisfactory to the regiment than any other appointment which could be made and only opposed by those whose preferment would thereby have been interfered with, that he understood all the field offices had been filled and while he hoped for the best, he was not without apprehension that some of the appointments would prove very detrimental to the regiment, that the State and the Country ought not to lose the services of so valuable an officer as Leland if it could be reasonably avoided, that Leland was a thorough disciplinarian and at the same time kind and gentlemanly in his deportment to all, that Leland had faithfully and efficiently served the Country in a very severe campaign, that Leland's experience was valuable and should not be set aside for those who had less experience or none at all, that Leland was a diligent student of military knowledge, employing all his leisure in that study, that Leland was as good if not the best in the regiment in theoretical and practical knowledge of the tactics, that Leland was a man of extensive general information and more than ordinary executive ability, that Leland rendered him more efficient aid in this respect than he could obtain elsewhere in the regiment, that Leland made great pecuniary and personal sacrifices at the time he entered the service, that Leland would not have taken the position except at his urgent personal request, that Leland could, at the first appointing of field officers, have had an appointment if it had been known that he would have made the business sacrifice necessary to enable him to take a position, that ever since the war broke out, Leland had been very active and efficient in raising volunteers both for the three months' and three years' service, that Leland enlisted an entire company of three months' men for the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, assisted in getting up a company for the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and devoted his entire time and spent his money freely (though not a man of wealth) in enlisting the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and presenting the cause of the Country "effectually" before the people, that under these circumstances, he thought Leland ought not to be compelled to leave the service, that by retaining Leland in some position equal to his abilities, the State and the Country would secure the services of a valuable military officer and an act of personal justice would be done him, and that he believed Leland to be qualified to fill any position in the volunteer infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-29: 211]

March 24, 1862
A.L. Brewer, New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's order of March 21, directed to his son (George E. Brewer), arrived that day, that as his son was away in the army, he had taken it upon himself to reply, that after his son was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, he found it impossible, given the number of appointments then in Columbiana County, to raise the number of men necessary to secure a commission, that being determined to do something in the country's cause, his son took an inferior position, that his son was in the fight at Ft. Donelson, that when his son returned from the war, if living, he might make his report, but probably not before, that Buckingham could cancel his son's commission, that his son now sought a commission from actual service, and that it was hoped his son would be more successful than before.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 185]