March 28, 1862
R[ichard] W. McClain, Lieutenant Colonel, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that notwithstanding that the line of promotion in the army was according to seniority, he would recommend John M. Frew, now 2nd Lieutenant in Company F of the 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for promotion to a Captaincy, that in his estimation, Frew was the most efficient Lieutenant in their regiment, and that there was already a vacancy and would shortly be another in the line of Captains.
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March 28, 1862
Stanley Matthews, Colonel, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding promotions in Company C and Company D, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to 2nd Lieutenancies; and stating that to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Captain J[ames] M. Crooks, Company I, he made no objections to the promotion of the senior officer of the next grade below. Bears a note dated March 28, 1862, from D[on] C[arlos] Buell, Headquarters, District of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee, forwarding the letter to the Adjutant General of Ohio.
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March 28, 1862
Minor Millikin, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp near Columbia, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding vacancies, promotions, and assignments in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; and stating that all of the promotions and assignments noted seemed to him to be essential to the good order and discipline of the regiment, that the promotion of John P. Rea created some confusion, that he never recommended the promotion of Rea nor did he believe it to be at all best for his company or the regiment, that he hoped Buckingham would excuse the "interlineations" of his note as he had too much quinine in him to be exact or coherent, that the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was pronounced the best in the service by the very highest authority, that the quarrelling over his men as to who should have them was in proportion to their excellence, that the discipline and efficiency of the men was excellent and there no longer existed any feeling among the officers detrimental to united efforts for steady improvement, and that if his company officers were a grade or two better, there was nothing in the way of their becoming regulars.
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March 28, 1862
C.B. Richards, Assistant Surgeon, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Union, Fayetteville, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was addressing Buckingham to find out in what manner he was to receive his pay from the Government as Assistant Surgeon of the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that the Paymaster refused to pay him prior to the date of his being mustered into service which was on November 20, 1861; asking what he was to do to get his back pay; enclosing a copy of Buckingham's order dated August 30, 1861, directing him to join the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Clarksburg, Virginia as Assistant Surgeon; and stating that this order gave him no time for delay, that he obeyed and was now refused pay for the faithful execution of said order, that immediately upon receipt of the order, he telegraphed Buckingham that he accepted the appointment and would start without delay to join his regiment, and that he had been doing duty ever since with the exception of about thirty days when he was home on leave of absence.
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March 28, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that Captain Robert B. Moore, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 1st Lieutenant W.D. Sherwood, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned effective on March 20, 1862, and that 2nd Lieutenant Milton Brown, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was dismissed on February 5, 1862, after being court-martialed.
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March 28, 1862
George B. Senter, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Dr. A.W. Turner of Cleveland wanted to connect himself in some way with a military hospital, but not as Surgeon, that Turner desired him to inquire if there was a demand for such help, that Turner would be a most valuable man for such service, and that Turner recruited some thirty or forty men, but did not get a position in the company.
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March 28, 1862
Michael Stewart, Sharon, Noble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he left Camp Gilbert at Zanesville on a furlough to recruit for Captain Gephart, that he was taken sick with the measles, that he left Zanesville about January 21, 1862, that Dr. McGary wrote to Captain Gephart to have his furlough renewed at three different times, that he was now ready to join his regiment, that he had three or four men to go with him, that he wrote to Jacob Stenger at Zanesville requesting a pass, which could not be provided, that he also asked Stenger if his gun and knapsack were there and was told they were both gone, and that Stenger referred him to Buckingham; and requesting a pass for himself and four others.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 200]
March 29, 1862
James F. Charlesworth, Captain, Company A, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Milroy, near Beverly, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he learned by letters from home that there had been nine or ten applications for the vacant 2nd Lieutenancy in his company, that instead of recommending 1st Sergeant Hezekiah Thomas as he promised to do, Lieutenant Colonel William P. Richardson, in command of the regiment, had recommended Private William F. Bloor who was not always sober, and that there were various other influences at work to prevent the appointment of the man of their choice, 1st Sergeant Hezekiah Thomas, that he felt a deep interest in the welfare of the company, that he enlisted it from among the best families of Belmont County, Ohio and promised the parents and friends that he would not leave it and would do all in his power to make and keep it a No. 1 company, that so far, the company had maintained a good reputation for conduct and bravery on the field, that he was extremely anxious to have the company continue to merit the approval and praise of friends at home, that this would only happen if he had good and efficient Lieutenants to aid him, that he feared, if political demagogues and mere place hunters took control and governed the appointments, the company would become dispirited and to a great extent lose its spirit of emulation, and that he hoped Tod would either appoint 1st Sergeant Hezekiah Thomas (who had distinguished himself in action, was wounded at the battle of Alleghany on December 13, 1861, and still had a squirrel rifle ball in his leg received in that fight) or submit the question to a vote of the company where there would be no danger of an improper choice being made.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 135]
March 29, 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. 2; stating that the resignations of 1st Lieutenant John Richey, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 1st Lieutenant Robert E. Patterson, 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry having been accepted, they were honorably discharged from the service of the United States. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
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March 29, 1862
W. Greer, Auditor, Auditor's Office, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the militia of Clinton County was not enrolled the previous Spring by the assessors (as the Adjutant General was informed) in consequence of the law on the subject not coming to hand until after the township assessors made their return to the auditor's office, and that he wished to inquire whether the enrollment should now be made or not.
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March 29, 1862
Charles Haughn, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had procured the certificate of the Surgeon as Buckingham requested him to do, that Buckingham's letter had lain in the office several days because the Postmaster did not know that it was for him, or so he said, that they would like to go via Nashville, Tennessee if it would be convenient, and that the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was at Savannah, Tennessee on March 21.
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March 29, 1862
I[saac] M. Kirby, Captain, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Stanton. To whom it may concern. Letter stating that the bearer, Sergeant William Palmer, had served for the past six months in Company D, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that from his knowledge of Palmer's military ability, he would freely recommend him as a suitable person for the position of Lieutenant of infantry, and that Palmer had also served for many years in the regular service.
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March 29, 1862
I[saac] M. Kirby, [Captain, Company D, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Camp Stanton. To Sergeant [William] Palmer. Letter stating that he was sending Palmer a recommendation, that Colonel [Moses R.] Dickey was sick at Nashville, that Lieutenant Colonel [William F.] Wilson was at home, that Major [William] Wallace was in command, but sick, that since Palmer left, Adam Lautzenheiser, John Harder, and [Moses B.] Layton had been discharged, that Chris Gay would probably be discharged soon, that they had room for seven recruits, that he would be very glad to see John Welk and the other boys with them very soon, that their camp was forty miles south of Nashville near Columbia, that he thought they would move tomorrow or the next day, that he was very busy, that the boys were all very well, and that his health was tolerably good.
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March 29, 1862
William McCrory, Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had been carrying on a military company for the past year, that so far, they had to drill with wooden and whatsoever kind of guns they could procure, that they were now reorganizing their company for more extended drill and wanted to ascertain if they could be furnished with muskets by the State, and that if so, they wanted to know under what conditions they could be supplied.
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March 29, 1862
Thomas O. McGrew, care of Taylor & Brother, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had at last obtained from Captain Craig the enclosed certificate as per Buckingham's order of February 13; requesting that Buckingham place him in the way of procuring his pay from some Paymaster either at Cincinnati or wherever he should happen to meet one; and asking if he was entitled to an Adjutant's pay or only a 1st Lieutenant's pay.
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March 29, 1862
Pren Metham, Captain, Company F, 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Paducah, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in removing the soldiers from Camp Meigs, one sick soldier was left at Lafayette, Coshocton County, Ohio, that said soldier wrote that he was well now and wished to join his company at Paducah if Buckingham would send him transportation, and that said soldier was anxious to come; and requesting that Buckingham send said soldier (James Eceley) transportation.
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March 29, 1862
A[ugustus] Moor, Colonel, 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Gauley Bridge, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter acknowledging receipt of Buckingham's communication of March 21, in relation to vacancies among the 2nd Lieutenants of his regiment; and stating that by the previous day's mail, he transmitted to Buckingham's department a statement of resignations and recommendations for promotion and appointment of officers in his regiment, and that he desired to add that resignations and recommendations for promotion of officers in his regiment could not be reported to Buckingham's department before the acceptance of the resignations by the General commanding the department had been transmitted to headquarters.
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March 29, 1862
N[ewton] Schleich, Colonel, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Medill. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's favor of March 26, conveying an extract from Order No. 319 of the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, was before him, that on the same being shown to Captain Counsellor and explained to his men, they no longer declined recognizing the authority of the orders of the Governor of Ohio, that he would make arrangements to send them to Camp Chase at the earliest moment, that if not incompatible with the public service, he would like to have the order changed so as to substitute Captain Miller for Counsellor, that Miller was at Wapakoneta, that three weeks before, Miller had 50 men for whom they furnished uniforms, that Miller must now have a full company, that the substitution of Miller in the place of Counsellor would save transportation as Miller would come past Columbus to get to Camp Medill, and that he desired this also for the reason that from some unexplained cause, Counsellor's men exhibited a great repugnance to the transfer, a repugnance which their officers could scarcely control; asking how the proposed exchange struck Buckingham; and stating that he had received a proposition from the officers of the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to bring a company to fill up the regiment and take command of it as its Colonel in the event that the sentence of the court martial on Colonel [Charles A.] DeVilliers resulted in his dismissal, that this proposition would be very acceptable to him if it met Buckingham's views, that Buckingham might order one of the companies, Counsellor's or Miller's, to the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that with the unorganized recruits at Camp Medill, the other companies of the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry could be filled to the maximum, that this might, however, do injustice to the officers who recruited the men in question unless said officers could be provided for in the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or other regiments, that frankness on all sides was proper, that he was submitting the whole matter to Buckingham, and that he was confident neither the officers in question or himself would lose anything by Buckingham's decision.
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March 29, 1862
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Weston, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that by the resignation of Lieutenant Thomas M. Gray of Company H, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a vacancy existed in the office of 1st Lieutenant, that the company held an election and chose 1st Sergeant E.E. Miller to fill said vacancy, that the selection had his cordial approval, and that he hoped the commission might be forwarded at an early day as it was desirable that Miller should be vested with authority to enter upon the discharge of his duties.
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March 29, 1862
Sidney S. Sprague, Captain, Company B, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Crump's Landing, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that vacancies had occurred in the offices of 1st Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant in Company H, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Thomas T. Cowen, a 2nd Lieutenant in Company B, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was the senior 2nd Lieutenant and entitled to a 1st Lieutenancy in said regiment, that Cowen was a gentleman of unquestioned moral character, that no charges of incompetency could be brought against Cowen, that Cowen was eminently qualified to fill the position of 1st Lieutenant and had no superior in military knowledge among the Lieutenants in the regiment, that he spoke to Colonel [Samuel H.] Steedman about Cowen's claims, that Steedman said that seniority had nothing to do with it and that the Colonel of a regiment possessed the power to have any person appointed that he saw fit, and that Steedman also said that it was his intention to have 1st Sergeant [Robert B.] Mead of Company H appointed 1st Lieutenant and Sergeant Major Charles Bates appointed 2nd Lieutenant of Company H; and asking that the intention of the Legislature of Ohio be carried into effect, and that a worthy and meritorious young man receive a position to which he was entitled by the claims of seniority and which he was in every respect competent to fill.
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March 29, 1862
T. Stilwell, M.D., Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Charles Haughn of Company G, Duncan Carter of Company C, and others were left behind due to sickness and committed to his care by the Surgeon of the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry when the regiment left Camp Croghan to go to Camp Chase, that all, except for Haughn, Carter, and another who went home and was still unrestored to health, had gone to the regiment on passes in company with an officer, that these three were not well enough to go with the rest, and that Danford Patterson of Company F returned from Camp Chase due to sickness prior to the regiment leaving for Paducah, Kentucky.
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March 29, 1862
George Webster, Major Commanding, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Milroy, near Beverly, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter enclosing a copy of a letter addressed by him to Captain George S. Hartsuff, Assistant Adjutant General to Brigadier General [William S.] Rosecrans, requesting an order from the proper authority to recruit a company for the 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in place of Company D which was permanently detached as an artillery company by order of the War Department; and stating that the letter and recommendations therein contained were endorsed and approved by Colonel [James A.] Jones of the 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Brigadier General [Robert H.] Milroy commanding the division, that this was an anomalous case and he was not satisfied as to the authority and from where the order must come, that he was therefore writing to Tod in so far as the matter might come within his supervision, and that his goal was to have a company speedily recruited and the regiment filled.
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March 29, 1862
H[amilton] B. White, Captain, 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was expecting orders to take the field, but would be obliged to turn over two guns with caisson, horses, etc., on account of not having enough effective men to man them in an efficient manner, that this would be the occasion of his sending one Lieutenant back to Ohio where, if he could recruit enough men to man a section, he could obtain the guns, etc., and bring them on, that complaints were constantly made at their department headquarters regarding the inefficiency of batteries in the field on account of having too many guns and not enough men, which made them worthless, that his officers were anxious that the appointment of George Kleder as senior 2nd Lieutenant of the battery should be sent to him, that Kleder had recruited 26 men for the battery, that the more he saw of Kleder, the better he thought of his military qualifications, that he believed Kleder in every respect worthy of the appointment, that he had at present only 100 effective men, that this was only enough to work 4 guns effectively, and he concluded it would be better to take 4 guns into action properly manned than 6 improperly manned, that he enclosed two of his muster in rolls which he ought to have sent Buckingham earlier, and that Buckingham's advice on the different subjects mentioned would be highly appreciated.
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March 30, 1862
J[esse] J. Appler, Colonel, per E[phraim] C. Dawes, Adjutant, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp near Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that John McFarland, a Private in Company A, deserted them in Louisville, Kentucky on their way to Paducah, that McFarland had since been heard of at his home near Jasper, Pike County, Ohio, that it was desired that McFarland might be arrested and placed in confinement in Camp Chase or elsewhere during the unexpired period of his enlistment, that the amount of pay due McFarland was sufficient to defray the cost of his apprehension, and that if McFarland could be arrested through the medium of the state authorities, he would be pleased to have it done; and enclosing McFarland's description.
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[March 30, 1862]
[Jesse J. Appler]. Enclosure stating that John McFarland was noted on their descriptive book as being 21 years of age, 5 feet, 71/2 inches high, complexion dark, eyes grey, hair brown, born in Ross County, Ohio, and by occupation a farmer, that McFarland's residence was Jasper, Pike County, Ohio, and that McFarland was unmarried.
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March 30, 1862
Eli J. Blount, Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that while the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) was in Camp Mitchell, Colonel [William H.] Trimble furnished some lumber for building kitchens, etc., that a letter was received from Mrs. Trimble saying that Buckingham could collect the bill for the lumber if it was presented in proper shape, and that his object in writing was to know in what shape to make out the bill.
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March 30, 1862
S[ilas] A. Burnap, Captain, 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Benton Barracks, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his command was fully armed and equipped, but had only one hundred and thirty enlisted men, that the chief of artillery requested him to make that fact known to Buckingham and to ask Buckingham to fill up his company to the maximum, that the chief of artillery would be under the necessity of taking a part of their arms and equipments from them if the company did not fill to the maximum, and that he hoped Buckingham would send him twenty-two men at once.
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March 30, 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. 3; stating that the resignation of Chaplain A[nthony] W. Smith, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry having been accepted, he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States on March 30, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
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March 30, 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. 3; stating that the resignations of 2nd Lieutenant J[asper] P. Brady, 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Captain William Schneider, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry having been accepted, they were honorably discharged from the service of the United States on March 30, 1862. By command of Major General [Don Carlos] Buell.
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March 30, 1862
Michael Heffern, Private, Company B, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter informing Buckingham of the ill treatment he had received from the Adjutant of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that when the long roll was beat on Thursday night, he was in the left of Company B, that Adjutant Culberson struck him with his sword, that Culberson happened to miss his head or he would have split him open, that he told the Captain and the Lieutenant Colonel and got no satisfaction, and that he hoped Buckingham would see him justified.
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