March 25, 1862
D[aniel] M. Rea, Captain, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a deserter from the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was confined in the county jail at Lancaster, that said deserter was arrested by the sheriff and had been left in confinement for some time, that the sheriff's bill for keeping the deserter was about sixteen dollars, and that the sheriff refused to give up the deserter until his charges were paid; and requesting Buckingham to order what should be done in the matter.
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March 25, 1862
Henry Richardson, Captain, Company E, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Pittsburgh, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a letter written by E.T. Donaldson of Painesville, Ohio to one of the men belonging to his company; and stating that he was enclosing said letter at the request of Colonel [Thomas Kilby] Smith, that he never promised Donaldson anything, but told him he would do the best he could to help him to a position, that in the organization of his company, he offered Donaldson a position as Sergeant, that Donaldson declined on account of disability to perform the duties of a Sergeant from the fact that he had a rupture, that Colonel Smith had given Donaldson a letter to Buckingham for the position of a recruiting Lieutenant for the regiment, and that Buckingham said it was not in his power to grant such a position.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 82]
March 25, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that 1st Lieutenant George B. Upham, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant Lukas Schwank, 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain A.F. Deniston, 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain William W. Reilly, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain George Sommer, 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st Lieutenant Thomas M. Gray, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 1st Lieutenant A. Bierwirth, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned effective on the dates specified.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 67]
March 25, 1862
William R. Terrill, Captain, 5th Artillery, and Chief of Artillery, Camp Stanton, near Columbia, Tennessee. To Captain James B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant General, U.S.A., and Chief of Staff. Letter requesting that various promotions be made; and stating that he was particularly anxious to have the promotions made and announced at the earliest possible date, that said promotions would be evidence to the artillery of the division that a faithful discharge of duty was a sure road to promotion and preferment, and that as they were so short of officers, it was necessary to have the authority for the recommended men to act. Bears an endorsement dated March 25, 1862, from A[lexander] McD[owell] McCook, Brigadier General. Also bears a note dated March 26, 1862, from D[on] C[arlos] Buell, Brigadier General Commanding Department; endorsing Terrill's request; and forwarding the letter to the Governor of Ohio.
3 pp. [Series 147-30: 47]
March 26, 1862
E.V. Brookfield, Major, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that A. Bloomfield of Springfield Township, Hamilton County desired to recruit for their regiment, that Bloomfield said he could recruit 30 men in 60 days, that Bloomfield referred Buckingham to James Huston, member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Hamilton County, for character, and that Buckingham's early attention to the matter was solicited.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 53]
March 26, 1862
George M. Casey, City Clerk, City Clerk's Office, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Colonel A.E. Jones & Others, Military Committee. Letter stating that at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Cincinnati on March 9, it was resolved that the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire and report if it was expedient to establish a State Armory on the Orphan Asylum lot and whether the State desired to occupy the premises for that purpose.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 123]
March 26, 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 no clothing rolls and wished Buckingham would send about half a dozen, that he could not fill out his clothing book until he got them, and that he would like to have some muster rolls for pay.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 49]
March 26, 1862
J[oseph] G. Hawkins, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Crittenden No. 4, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the locality and condition of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-30: 56]
March 26, 1862
Charles O. Joline, Captain, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the return of Captain C.C. Gilbert, 1st Infantry, mustering him into the service of the United States.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 71]
March 26, 1862
R[obert] G. McLean, Assistant Surgeon, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee, Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had learned that the original muster rolls of his fractional regiment were not on file in Buckingham's office and that consequently, no promotions could be made, that he had served four months in a subordinate capacity, that he need not tell Buckingham that this was humiliating to an old soldier, that he was willing, for the sake of getting into service, to make the sacrifice feeling satisfied that he could merit promotion should a vacancy occur, that their Surgeon, Dr. [William H.] Lamme, had resigned, and that with Lamme's resignation went an application signed by every officer of the regiment; asking Buckingham if the rule against promotions would affect him as he was not willing to serve longer in the capacity of Assistant Surgeon with all the responsibilities attached; and stating that he had twice refused to leave the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for promotion in other regiments of other states.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 136]
March 26, 1862
Oscar Minor, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Milroy, Huttonsville, Virginia. To Dear General. Letter asking why the company officers of the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had not received their commissions; and stating that they had been in the service about six months and their men had not received a cent of pay, that they were subject to many privations in the "inhospitable" mountains, that the General could appreciate his motives in making the inquiry, that he did not wish to be understood as complaining about their hardships as they were willing to endure still greater for the cause, and that all he desired was justice.
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March 26, 1862
S[amuel] M. Morrison, Captain, Company I, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Crump's Landing, Hardin County, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that when his company was transferred from the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, there were some of his men left behind for various reasons, that some of these men had joined the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since it left Ohio, that there were three (John W. Buchanon, Levi Boysel, and S.M. Shafer) who, though members of his company, had been retained in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had received letters from them and they informed him that they were anxious to join their company if they could get an order and transportation from the Adjutant General's office, that he would very much like to have these men forwarded immediately, and that he believed Buchanon, Boysel, and Shafer were attached to L.C. Counsellor's company in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 130]
[March 26?, 1862]
A.J. Mullane, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Sir. Letter stating that he wished to ascertain if the necessary papers had been printed to be signed by soldiers who were desirous of their wives drawing a portion of their pay, that if so, he wished to obtain a few blanks, that he was requested to use his influence to procure from two soldiers, on behalf of their wives, a portion of their pay to be distributed according to state law, that to that end, when he wrote the soldiers, he wanted to enclose the necessary papers for their signatures, and that an immediate answer would confer a favor upon those poor families.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 54]
March 26, 1862
T.B. Tait, Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. To Brother Drake. Letter stating that he desired to enter the army hospital as an attendant on the sick soldiers, that if he had the money, he would freely pay his own expenses, but this he had not, that he wanted Drake to write to Governor David Tod and see if Tod could get him an appointment of the kind sought, that he had experience with the sick and could get recommendations from doctors in Portage County, that having read medicine in his younger days, he thought he would be at home in that department, that it was his great object in desiring the Chaplaincy in the army to be with the sick and dying, and that he would be ever thankful if Drake and Tod could get him an appointment in the army hospital. Bears a pencilled note stating that the Governor had no authority.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 185]
March 26, 1862
I[saac] Ulman, Captain, Company A, 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Evansville, Indiana. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that William A. Whitcraft, a Private in Company A, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was an applicant for a 2nd Lieutenancy in his company, the present 2nd Lieutenant having resigned, that he deemed Whitcraft eminently fit for said position as well as deserving, that Whitcraft had been in the service some nine months and had been in three or four engagements, that Whitcraft was well drilled and of good moral character, and that if Buckingham could do something for Whitcraft, it would confer a favor on all concerned.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 40]
March 27, 1862
Thomas Bolton, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that he was informed that Secretary [Edwin M.] Stanton would name James Barnett of Cleveland for Brigadier General of the battery if the Governor of Ohio requested it, that as Colonel, Barnett had raised twelve batteries and probably no man in Ohio had done more, that if the Governor could assist in this matter, it would confer a great favor, that Barnett was very popular in Cleveland, and that they thought Barnett was the right man in his place and would do honor to Ohio as Brigadier General.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 211]
March 27, 1862
Charles Candy, Colonel, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Winchester, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that 2nd Lieutenant Charles H. Rhodes of Company G, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry tendered his resignation as 2nd Lieutenant and the same was accepted in Special Orders No. 58 dated February 28, 1862; recommending Robert Murdock, Sergeant Major of the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to fill the vacancy; and stating that Murdock was l9 years of age, born in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, and had resided in Urbana since 1850, that Murdock had performed the duties of Sergeant Major since the organization of the regiment, that he was desirous of rewarding Murdock for the energetic and faithful performance of his duties, and that he hoped Murdock's commission might be dated from March 1, 1862.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 148]
March 27, 1862
O[liver] D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, District of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 93; stating that the resignation of Lieutenant G[eorge] F. Brady, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on March 27, 1862. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 44]
March 27, 1862
Clark Hutchison, Rock Oak, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (which had since been consolidated with the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry) and resigned after serving the term of five months, and that he had not received a discharge and wished to know if he was entitled to pay and an honorable discharge.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 197]
March 27, 1862
H[enry] F. Hyman, Captain, Battery I, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Beverly, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Louis Doerr had passed his examination and received his commission, which he had accepted, that Doerr was well worthy of it and had shown himself well drilled and courageous, and that Doerr understood the elevation perfectly.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 191]
March 27, 1862
John Sherman, Thirty-Seventh Congress, Senate Chamber, Washington City. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a statement of the names of the Ohio Colonels, the number of regiments Ohio now had in the field, and as nearly as possible, the aggregate force; stating that he wished this information to aid him in obtaining Ohio's fair share of army and especially general officers, and that any suggestions as to the merit of officers, especially as to services in the field, would be acceptable; requesting the number and names of Ohio Generals now appointed; and stating that some vacancies had occurred in the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which, at the request of Colonel [Charles G.] Harker, he hoped would be kept open awhile until he could hear from Nashville.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 80]
March 27, 1862
J[ames] W. Stinchcomb, Captain, Company B, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Spring Hill, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been acquainted with Captain Samuel R. Mott of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for a number of years and knew him to be a gentleman in the true sense of the word, that since the campaign commenced in Kentucky, he had been with Mott and knew him as a soldier, that Mott was fully qualified to fill, and deserved the appointment to, a field office, that Mott had been appointed Major of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that as some of the senior Captains claimed it was not treating them fairly, rather than having bad feelings among the officers of the regiment, Mott declined the position thinking the service demanded that course of him, and that Mott had consulted him regarding what course he ought to pursue.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 104]
March 27, 1862
George Webster, Major Commanding, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Milroy, near Beverly, Virginia. To Captain George S. Hartsuff, Assistant Adjutant General, Wheeling, Virginia. Copy of a letter stating that Company D of the 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been permanently detached from the regiment as an artillery company by order of the War Department, and that it was necessary to recruit another company in its place; requesting an order from the proper authority to 1st Lieutenant John W. Bowles of Company E, and Private William Bleiver of Company A, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and to James Mitchell, authorizing them to recruit a company for the regiment in place of Company D; and stating that Bowles was to be commissioned as Captain and Mitchell as 1st Lieutenant when the company was organized, that Bowles had been one of their best officers and was never absent from duty, that Bowles had taken part in four engagements, Cheat Mountain, Greenbrier, Allegheny, and Huntersville, that at the latter two, Bowles commanded a company and in all behaved with courage and coolness, and that Mitchell was well calculated for the position and would make an efficient officer. Bears the endorsements of J[ames] A. Jones, Colonel, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and R[obert] H. Milroy, Brigadier General.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 190]
March 27, 1862
James M. White, Omega, Pike County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's communication to Joseph Foster (who was appointed recruiting Lieutenant at Omega) was received at the post office a few days since, that Foster was in the army as a Private in the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Foster and two of those appointed assistant recruiting officers (S.D. Foster and J.D. Scott) joined the army soon after the expiration of their thirty days, and that they belonged to Company C.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 53]
March 27, 1862
G.W. Williams, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that as he understood the late action of the Ohio Legislature, transportation was furnished to sick soldiers from and to their regiments, that there were two of his sons at Massillon who he brought from the hospital at Columbia, Kentucky, that these sons were fast recovering and anxious to join their regiment, that they wished to start the following Monday or Tuesday, that if Buckingham was authorized to furnish transportation, he would be glad to receive the necessary instructions as soon as possible, that he had obtained a pass from Buckingham on February 27, 1862, in order to visit Kentucky and find his sons, that he found his sons in the hospital at Columbia, Kentucky, that he obtained a thirty day furlough for them which would expire on April 11, 1862, and that their names were Henry L. Williams, Corporal and William H. Williams, Private, both members of Company A, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking where the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was or would be in 10 days.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 203]
March 27, 1862
H. Young, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a parole had been offered to him, the State of Ohio being the limit, that in the order, a bond was required but no amount was specified, and that Colonel [Granville] Moody fixed the amount at three thousand dollars; and asking if the bond could not be filled by gentlemen in the prison whose residences were within the federal lines.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 51]
March 27, 1862
H.E. Zimmerman, et. al., New Middletown, Mahoning County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by ten individuals; and stating that Jacob Faas, Company E, 6th Cavalry, U.S. Army wished to be released from the regular service and wanted an appointment in one of the Ohio volunteer regiments, that Faas wanted Tod to use his influence with the Secretary of War, [Edwin M.] Stanton, that Faas was now with his regiment not far from Manassas, and that they wished Tod every success in his administration, good health, long life, and a safe return to his old home.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 216]
March 28, 1862
George W. Baker, Captain, Company C, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near New Madrid, Missouri. To Colonel John Groesbeck, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Letter stating that on the morning of March 13, their regiment was ordered to march at 3 A.M. to engage the enemy at New Madrid, that he was on picket duty at the time and did not join his company until it was on the march, that after joining his company, he was told by 1st Sergeant John D. White that 2nd Lieutenant Thomas D. Minton was not along and that Minton had said he would join the company at daylight, that Minton failed to do so and he never saw him until the next morning when they returned to camp, that Minton was then given to understand that if he did not resign, he would have to stand a court-martial, that Minton preferred the former and handed in his resignation, that General [John] Pope refused to accept it saying Minton could not be allowed to resign and must be court-martialed, and that through Groesbeck's influence, Pope was finally induced to accept Minton's resignation; and thanking Groesbeck for the kindness he had shown in this matter by allowing Minton to resign, thereby saving further disgrace to his family and friends in Ohio. Together with a letter dated March 28, 1862, from John Groesbeck, Colonel, Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham; stating that the friends of Minton were more indebted to Major [Edward F.] Noyes than himself, that Noyes would not take Pope's "no" for an answer and received permission for Minton to resign, that he was re-enclosing the 1st Lieutenant's commission, and that he sent it in the present enclosure for fear that Buckingham and the Governor, who thought him too arbitrary, might suppose that he had forced Minton to resign rather than hand him his new commission.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 174]
March 28, 1862
William H. Gibson, Colonel, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Stanton, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was advised that Anderson N. Ellis had been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, John C. Smith of Company K having resigned, that he did not wish to criticize the action of superiors, but under the peculiar circumstances of this case, he must be pardoned for protesting against an appointment made without respect to a single preliminary required by orders of the army or Buckingham's own department, that these orders were based upon considerations of reason and justice, that Sergeant [William H.] Sheffield, whose name he presented, was entitled to the position in regular promotion and was also eminently fitted for the place, that having served in the field for seven months, Sheffield had earned the confidence of his company and the respect of his superiors, that Sheffield could obtain the endorsement of regimental, brigade, and division commanders, that Ellis might not be a citizen of Ohio and was not known to a man in the 2nd Division, and that Ellis was to go on General [William] Nelson's staff; asking if this changed the matter; and stating that he was not in Nelson's division, but other Ohio regiments were, that were it General [Alexander McDowell] McCook, he would cheerfully yield to his wishes, that he must insist that Ellis be assigned to one of the Ohio regiments in Nelson's division, that he had twelve Lieutenants now on duty with the regiment, that the others had been detailed on recruiting service and to various positions in the army, that 1st Lieutenant William C. Turner of Company K, in which the only vacancy existed, was detailed in October 1861 to the staff of Brigadier General [Richard W.] Johnson and was still in that position, that Company K was thereby left with only one officer, that this was a wrong to the Captain and company and to the regiment, that it was not his intention to question the official action of others, but a sense of duty to his command and meritorious men impelled him to make the protest, and that he knew the Commander in Chief would appreciate his motives and would, if consistent with duty, assign the appointee to a regiment in which less manifest injury to the service would result.
3 pp. [Series 147-30: 132]
March 28, 1862
L[eonard] A. Harris, Colonel Commanding, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Van Buren. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he received a notice informing him that 2nd Lieutenant [William] Thacker of the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (he being the ranking officer) had been appointed to a 1st Lieutenancy, that when informed sometime ago by the Adjutant General that Thacker would be appointed to a 1st Lieutenancy if approved by him, he emphatically answered that Thacker was not fit for promotion, that Thacker had left camp contrary to orders and remained away six weeks, that upon Thacker's return, he placed him under arrest and only released him on his solemn promises for the future, that he was also notified that James A. Souter had been appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in his regiment, that Souter did not belong to the regiment, that he solemnly protested against the appointment of a person not in the service over the heads of those in the regiment who, by good conduct on the field and in camp, deserved promotion, that he had not recommended a person for the vacant Lieutenancy in Company F because the company had only forty men for duty, that twenty-five recruits would join the regiment in a few days, at which time he would recommend a suitable person, and that if his recommendations and protest were to be disregarded, it appeared to him that he was not the proper person to command the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 93]