April 3, 1862
S.G. Byrd, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he would have forwarded the requested papers had he been able, that he was just recovering from a long and severe illness, that he had not been out of the house for ten weeks up to one week ago, that the notice received said that as he did not get the minimum number of men, his appointment would be cancelled, that there was a mistake, that he had recruited 35 men, that these men were transported to Camp Andrews on December 12, 1861, in care of his brother, that when his brother got the men to Mt. Vernon, quarters had to be arranged and he allowed them to run about town for a few hours, that when his brother came to look for them, he found that 20 or so had deserted and gone with a Mr. Wilson to the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that his brother did not telegraph to stop these men, that the men were already beyond his reach when he arrived two days later, that when he began recruiting, he commenced for Sherman's brigade or Sherman's battery through an order from [John] Sherman, that he found it hard to recruit for the artillery, that he got a recommendation from the Military Committee of Morrow County which said that he had some 14 or 16 men and wished a transfer to the infantry, that he got a transfer to the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on November 4, 1861, for 30 days, that he made daily reports of what men he recruited up to December 3, 1861, not including the men he had recruited for the battery, that on December 4, 1861, he received notice that his time was extended until December 12, 1861, that he made no reports from December 3-12, 1861, that he left his expense and subsistence bills with the Quartermaster's Department, that he had hoped to have the money before now, that he was informed the money would be sent by express as soon as the Quartermaster's Department received funds, that he gave his muster rolls to Colonel [J.L. Kirby] Smith in December 1861, that he thought Smith forwarded the rolls to headquarters, that he would enclose his appointment, and that he would like his account attended to as soon as possible.
4 pp. [Series 147-30: 195]

April 3, 1862
James R. Challen, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was pained to learn that Colonel [Lewis D.] Campbell had endeavored to palliate his own fault by blaming him for the discharge of David Ramsey, that he hoped Tod might obtain all the facts in the case and do justice to all concerned, that while he was in command of Camp Hamilton, David Ramsey was brought before him for breaking guard and getting drunk in uniform, that he informed Colonel Campbell, it being a case for court-martial, who summoned the court, that he presided, but the charges and specifications or some of the proceedings were incorrect, informal, and illegal, that by consent, the case was postponed for further hearing, that he had seen enough to know that Ramsey was a confirmed drunkard, and subject to delirium tremens and nervousness unfitting him for military duty, that he expressed the opinion that as Ramsey was an offender against the Articles of War and the laws of the regiment, he should be punished or at least not honorably discharged, that several days after the adjournment of the court, he asked the prosecuting witness if he had corrected his charges and specifications, that he answered that there was no use to do so for Ramsey was discharged by order of Colonel Campbell, that he heard nothing more of it for some time when he was told that Ramsey had obtained three substitutes as the condition of his discharge, that he also heard that Ramsey had given a hundred dollars for his discharge, that he expressed his approbation of such proceedings and examined the Articles of War where he found that it was unlawful to do such a thing and plainly said so to every one who conversed with him on the subject, that he was led to believe, from his own knowledge of men when engaged in such practices as well as from the testimony of several intelligent and upright men in the regiment and out of it, that his denunciations of immoral practices, his refusal to take any part in them, and his endeavors to promote virtue and religion among soldiers, officers, and all his associates was the prime and only cause of the unpopularity which he found to exist and in which Colonel Campbell joined, that he was exceedingly glad that he was out of the army for, with a few honorable and glorious exceptions, it was certain that morality and religion were in a man's way there and would either cause his removal or withdrawal, that he was reliably informed that Ramsey had commenced suit to recover the money illegally wrung from him, but was hushed with the threat that if he prosecuted the suit, he would be brought back to the ranks, and that Colonel Campbell joined in the threat, that if Ramsey was entitled to be discharged, it was oppression in office to demand or receive money or other considerations in exchange, that if not entitled, it was a penal offence to discharge Ramsey, that Ramsey could be brought back to the ranks in any event and it was a penal offence to refrain from bringing him if an officer found he had been illegally discharged, and that he could not leave his business else he would come and see Tod in person; and asking to hear from Tod.
4 pp. [Series 147-30: 208]

April 3, 1862
M.S. Douglas. To Quartermaster General George B. Wright. Letter stating that he had just heard from James Douglas that there were several vacancies in the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he wished Wright would inquire if such resignations had been reported at Columbus and make application for James Douglas for any vacancies that had been reported. Bears a note from Wright referring the letter to Governor David Tod.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 110]

April 3, 1862
O.L. Drake, Freedom, Portage County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter enclosing a request of his friend, the Reverend T.B. Tait; and stating that if Tod could do anything for Tait, it would be duly appreciated, and that he could fully and cheerfully recommend Tait to the post he so ardently craved.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 184]

April 3, 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. 7; stating that the resignation of Lieutenant H[erman] Sanbedisson, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been accepted, and that he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States on April 3, 1862. By command of Major General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 181]

April 3, 1862
Charles R. Harmon, 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Recruiting Officer, Recruiting Rendezvous, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that William Sullivant, Corporal, Company F, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was well worthy of promotion, and that Sullivant was complemented at dress parade by a special order from Brigadier General [William] Nelson, Acting Major General, 4th Division ([Don Carlos] Buell's Column) for industry and efficiency while at general headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 110]

April 3, 1862
P[eter] Kaufmann, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter regarding the case of a nephew (Theodore Schmitz) who had agreed to go with his son (Peter R. Kaufmann) in the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was induced to join the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry instead; stating that Schmitz was lured away by the promise of an appointment in the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Schmitz had received no such appointment, that the officer and his helpers who thus cheated Schmitz also treated him very badly, subjecting him to all the vexations in their power, that they considered Schmitz as a victim helplessly within their clutches and supposed that no one outside of their cycle of oppression was capable, willing, or prepared to lend a helping hand to break his chains, that Schmitz was a young man of 25 to 26 years, with a good physical constitution, that few company officers could successfully cope with Schmitz in intellectual and scientific attainments of every sort, that Schmitz had applied to him to come to his relief, that Schmitz was of a highly sensitive temper and disposition, that if the relief Schmitz yearned for should be denied him, he might succumb to a feeling of despondency and soon pine away by utterly despairing of having his wrongs redressed, dying of a broken heart, that Tod would do an act of true humanity and great justice if he should see proper and fit to exercise his power to Schmitz's benefit and relief, that although it was the duty of every citizen to be a true patriot and act as such in the hour of his country's need and peril, many of their fellow men, from various causes, were not and did not act as such when emergency called, that when a community had many such disloyal men who acted by silent and latent as well as open and active resistance to the measures necessary for the suppression of insurrection and rebellion, their baneful influence upon the public mind and will could only be neutralized and overcome by the decisive and determinate stand and example of men of character and standing in favor of the right course, that he claimed to be a true patriot, that he made numerous stump speeches the previous summer and fall in some half dozen different localities in Stark County, that his exertions had not been without effect upon the community at large, that this was proven by the uncommonly large number of soldiers which had enlisted from Stark County, and that this number, in proportion to Stark County's population, was probably not surpassed by that of any other county in the Union; relating the military services of four family members; and stating that he was informed there would be no difficulty in transferring his nephew (Schmitz) to the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry if Tod appointed Schmitz to the post of 2nd Lieutenant in his son's company, that said post would be vacant the moment Tod issued his son's commission as 1st Lieutenant, that Schmitz had now been over six months in active and generally very severe and exacting service, that among the noncommissioned officers of his son's company, he was certain there was not a single one in any and every respect capable of making as efficient a 2nd Lieutenant as Schmitz, and that Schmitz's appointment to said post would imply no injustice to members of said company since the promotion of the public good as the paramount object overrode all mere personal considerations.
4 pp. [Series 147-30: 112]

April 3, 1862
D.N. Lowrey, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's communication of April 2 was at hand, that he was returning his papers to Buckingham, that he had no charge to make, that he would receive no pay if Buckingham should offer, and that he hated himself for not succeeding, but it was so late in the season he could do nothing.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 184]

April 3, 1862
Minor Millikin, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the order from Washington discharging him from the service, by reason of an adverse report of a Board of Examination, was a cruelly unjust one procured by misrepresentation and illegally promulgated, that in a little time, he could show that the Board had no right to examine him, that the Board was not constituted in accordance with the Act of Congress authorizing it, that the Board made an imperfect and unfair examination of him, and that only two members of the Board were present at his examination and they did not agree, that he did not doubt that he would get the order removed, a new Board called, and be reinstated to his proper rank and pay, that he had been the object of the most persistent and shameless plottings and villainies, that he asked only that no Colonel be appointed to his place until he had a little time to make good his words, and that he trusted Buckingham would see the justice of his request.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 207]

April 3, 1862
Mrs. Joel Morse, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's dispatch to her brother-in-law, H. Skinner, came that day, that Skinner left Cleveland on March 23 for New Madrid, having been so advised by Quartermaster General Wright, and that Skinner arrived at New Madrid on March 29.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 117]

April 3, 1862
George W. Neff, Galion, Crawford County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that his object in writing was to procure the release of his brother, Wilburn Neff, who was enlisted in Company C of the 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and intoxicated at the time, that his brother would only be 16 years of age on April 28, and was too young and delicate for a soldier, that Captain [John W.] Skiles of Company C was fully aware of this as he sent a paper for his father to sign which would have been giving consent, that his father sternly refused to sign and his brother was not as old as the paper said he was, that their family record would prove the age of his brother, that his brother was very delicate and small for his age, that they received a letter dated March 22 from his brother at Fayettevile, Virginia in which he said that the balance of the regiment had gone on to Rolla, that he was very unwell, and that he had been left with some convalescent soldiers, that his brother implored them to petition Tod for his release and said he was in no way fit for a soldier, that his brother thought Tod would be so kind and generous as to release him as he was so much under the age required by law, that he thought Captain Skiles did very wrong in enlisting his brother after his parents refused to consent to his going, that his mother was pretty well up in years, in very poor health, and was fretting herself nearly to death, that he was in the service of Uncle Sam in the capacity of telegraph operator, that he was leaving that evening to take an office on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and that Captain Skiles promised to have his brother sent home, but as yet they had not heard anything of him; and asking Tod to write to his mother and let her know whether he could comply with their request.
4 pp. [Series 147-30: 187]

April 3, 1862
M.P. Nolan, Lieutenant Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter submitting a statement of facts relative to the officers and men of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he received his appointment as Lieutenant Colonel on December 13, 1861, that on January 4, 1862, he organized a company wholly recruited in Montgomery County and by his influence, that he had been in command of the regiment about three-fourths of the whole time since his appointment, that soon after the appointment of Captain Dietrich, it was discovered that he frequently got drunk, that Dietrich would lay in bed until 10 A.M., that Dietrich would not attend company or officer drills and wholly neglected his duty, that Dietrich's company had, since its organization, greatly diminished in numbers, that on February 22, 1862, Dietrich got drunk and challenged some Privates to a fist fight in which he was rolled in the mud, that when these men ran for their guns, a great row would likely have ensued had he not run from his quarters and quelled it, that the Colonel [S.J. McGroarty] was also drunk, but not in camp, that the Colonel was an habitual drinker and drank three-fourths of the time, that the Colonel went off on recruiting trips in which he indulged in sprees for weeks at a time, that in the latter part of February, Archbishop [John B.] Purcell visited Hamilton and the regiment turned out, that the Colonel was drunk all day, frequently going into whiskey shops before the whole regiment, that the Colonel gave him many orders about maneuvering the battalion, pointing the wrong way, that some days after this, the Colonel ordered the Major and himself off to recruit, that while they were away, an order was received to move to Camp Chase, that the Colonel was away and the command fell upon Captain Dietrich, that Dietrich was drunk as usual and fighting and rows were the order of the day, that Privates went off and got drunk remarking that they had as good a right to get drunk as officers, that on April 1, 1862, Captain Dwyer became insubordinate at Camp Chase, that he had an inspection of guns, men, etc., and remarked that the guns of Dwyer's men were dirty, that Dwyer responded that his men had to lend their guns to other men to do guard duty and that he would not let his guns go again for any order from the Colonel, Nolan, the Adjutant General, or anyone else, that Dwyer appeared at dress parade with one of his commissioned officers, that Dwyer said his men were in their quarters except for those who were on guard, that Dwyer had made a near farce of the service, that on April 2, 1862, some of the company officers met at the sutler's and passed a resolution offered by the sutler himself condemning him of a conspiracy and a gross violation of certain articles of war, that most of the officers were drunk at the time, that the sutler sold whiskey, that he opposed the selling of whiskey and hence had made an enemy of the sutler, that on February 22, 1862, he ordered the sutler's shop to be closed until the next day, that Captain McGroarty, the Colonel's brother, was often drunk, that the Colonel returned on April 2, 1862, and he reported the facts to him in Columbus, that the Colonel was drunk at the time, that the Adjutant came into town to meet the Colonel and was also drunk, that the Colonel and Adjutant rode into camp and called out all the men, that when the Colonel addressed them, someone proposed three cheers for him, that the Adjutant proposed three groans for Nolan and the men mostly cheered, that the Adjutant remarked that "the damned fools did not understand him", that the Colonel was present and immediately proposed three cheers for the Adjutant and Captain Dietrich, that after the men were dismissed, they met in groups around their quarters and cheered him, that he was pleased to note that he was liked by the men, that the Colonel was most always under the influence of liquor, the Adjutant was frequently so, Dietrich was drunk often, and Dr. Bonner was also frequently under the influence of liquor, that the Colonel had not given a command for a period of nearly four months, except to propose three cheers, that the sutler sold whiskey to officers, not soldiers, and many of them were fast becoming drunkards, that the sutler was a very improper person to sutler for a regiment and would in time ruin it, that the regiment was utterly demoralized, that he was quite satisfied that it was understood between the Adjutant and Colonel to propose three groans for him, that the Adjutant frequently struck the men for which he received the approbation of the Colonel for his bravery, that no man could control a regiment who could not control himself, and that as for the men, they were good, well meaning, and obedient, but the example set for them by the Colonel was bad.
4 pp. [Series 147-30: 179]

April 3, 1862
William Patton, Captain, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he called on Colonel [S.J.] McGroarty of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry concerning the three men in dispute, that McGroarty refused to give the men up without first investigating and an order from Buckingham, and that they were making out their pay rolls; asking, in justice to the men and himself, that Buckingham have the case investigated immediately; and stating that they had the men and proof there in camp.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 207]

April 3, 1862
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter regarding the mustering out of the regimental band; stating that it would be of material injury and disadvantage to the immediate and rapid organization of the regiment to muster out the band at that time; and requesting that the muster out at least be deferred a week or ten days when it would not work so great a disadvantage to the welfare of the command.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 134]

April 3, 1862
I[srael] Underwood, Lieutenant, Company B, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that per an arrangement with Captain [Joel A.] Dewey of the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he had arrested George Wyant, a deserter from Captain [James] Marshman's company in said regiment, that he had a hard fight in taking Wyant, that Wyant's father, brother, and whole family resisted him and assisted Wyant with axes, revolvers, and knives, that he finally took Wyant and had him in the jail in Mt. Vernon, that he would have been beaten out had it not been for the assistance of the Union loving citizens in the town where Wyant lived, all of whom were very anxious that Wyant should be taken and punished for his desertion and meanness, that Wyant was the man who was left in charge of the hospital by Colonel [J.L. Kirby] Smith when the regiment left Mt. Vernon, that Wyant carried off $15.00 belonging to a sick soldier along with many other articles, and that he awaited Buckingham's order in regard to what he should do with Wyant.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 88]

April 3, 1862
A[lexander] Von Schrader, Lieutenant Colonel, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending W.L. Taylor to assist in recruiting a company for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Marion County, Hardin County, and Crawford County.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 202]

April 3, 1862
J.H.H. Woodward, Late Lieutenant, 1st Missouri Cavalry, Louisville, Kentucky. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that ill health (rheumatism contracted in the camps in Missouri) had compelled him to resign his position as 1st Lieutenant of Company L, 1st Regiment, Missouri Cavalry, that he had a family to support and felt it his duty to do all he could to make them comfortable, that the Adjutant General would find recommendations of him and his oath as a commissioner of deeds on file in the office of the Secretary of State at the Ohio Capitol, that he formerly resided at Houston, Texas, but his Unionism and convictions of right would not permit him to stay there after the inauguration of the present rebellion unless he would drown conscience and acquiesce in and sustain the miserable course of the South, a thing he could not do, that he was well acquainted with the land and claim agency business and desired to solicit the Adjutant General's aid in that line, that he wished a list of all the regiments in service from Ohio with the name of the Colonel and number thereof, that he particularly wanted to know what counties they were from so that he could address the heirs of the deceased soldiers, that he thought a Southern Unionist, forsaking and sacrificing home and health for the love of the Union, was entitled to more favor than a lazy lawyer remaining at home and seeking to live off the hard earned money of the deceased soldier, and that such lazy lawyers might be found in nearly every village and hamlet in the loyal states.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 215]

April 4, 1862
Crawford C. Adams, 1st Lieutenant, Company G, 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that while at Lebanon, Kentucky, he received a commission from Governor David Tod appointing him a 1st Lieutenant in the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that this was about February 20, that at the time he received the commission, he was lying very low with a fever, that consequently, he could not then have the oath pertaining to his office administered to him, that from Lebanon (his regiment having gone to Nashville) he was sent to Louisville and from there home on account of his poor health, and that at home, he could not find an officer who had the authority to administer oaths to officers belonging to the army; asking what would be the best course for him to pursue under the circumstances; and stating that he had to send (according to the reading of his commission) a certificate to Buckingham within ten days after receipt of said commission, that his health was very poor as yet and he could not tell when he would be able to rejoin his regiment, and that he hoped Buckingham would give him aid and advice in the matter.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 221]

April 4, 1862
L.C. Brown, Assistant Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that he had discharged C[harles] D. Trego, Company I, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, John Schwyhart, Company G, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Daniel Peugh, Company H, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the Post Hospital at Camp Chase to rejoin their regiments.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 195]

April 4, 1862
Robert W. Caldwell, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter enclosing a note from Colonel [C.H.] Sargent of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry requesting the Adjutant General to grant him authority to recruit a company for said regiment; and stating that an early reply would favor him, that he had been in the service about eight months and had just returned, and that this was the reason for the delay of Sargent's note.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 224]

April 4, 1862
W.A. Collins, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he learned that his pay account, together with the pay account of General [Charles W.] Hill, had been forwarded by Governor David Tod to the War Department at Washington where it was determined that they should be paid directly by the United States, and that he did not know if any Paymaster had been directed to pay their accounts or if any other provision had been made for payment, nor when or where they would be paid; and requesting Buckingham to provide him with information on the subject.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 223]

April 4, 1862
Kent Jarvis, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Captain A[lbert] F. Beach (late of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry), notwithstanding his resignation, was desirous of a position in the army, that Beach's claims to a favorable consideration consisted in his having been one of the very first to volunteer in Stark County, that when the company was raised, Beach was elected Captain, entered early into the service, and was among the very first to enter western Virginia, that Beach's company was Company A of the regiment, that when the office of Major became vacant, Beach was commissioned as such by Governor [William] Dennison, that the commission was subsequently revoked although it was Beach's right by seniority, that Beach had capacity, courage, and strategy, was a Union Democrat, and was anxious to be in the service, that the facts in Beach's case would seem to justify the position or rank of Major, but he understood Beach would accept the position of Lieutenant in a battery, and that he hoped it would be Tod's pleasure to grant Beach his request. Bears a pencilled note stating that volunteer officers who resigned could not be re-appointed.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 183]

April 4, 1862
D.S. Judd, Ada, Hardin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his son had enlisted in a company organized at Shannon, Allen County, Ohio, that his son was of feeble health and would be only 16 years of age on June 10, 1862, that he deemed his son unfit to render service to his country, that as his son had enlisted without his knowledge or consent, he was requesting Buckingham's interference in the case and also his son's discharge, and that he had no objections to his son serving if Buckingham thought him a fit subject to do so.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 222]

April 4, 1862
J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Orders No. 73; stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant A[mbrose] A. Blount, 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery was accepted to take effect on April 4, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 182]

April 4, 1862
S.J. McGroarty, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter acknowledging receipt of the order dated April 4, 1862, calling his attention to General Order No. 4 published in the Ohio State Journal and Ohio Statesman; and stating that immediately upon its receipt, he ordered all recruiting officers into camp.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 133]

April 4, 1862
G.W. Williams, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his sons could not delay any longer and started for their regiment on April 1, that he furnished them with means to Columbus, that from there, Mr. Harsh of the Senate was to obtain transportation for them to their regiment, that he was sorry to say that neither he or his sons were able to pay their transportation, that his sons had been in the service some nine months and had not yet received one cent of pay, and that he had been to the expense of over $150 for their comfort while in the field and transportation, etc., from the hospital in Kentucky.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 186]

April 5, 1862
Charles W. Hill, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in view of Buckingham's General Order No. 4, dated April 3, he wished to call attention to the condition of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had been pretty regularly advised of the regiment's strength and condition, that on February 13, it reported an aggregate of 881, 69 of whom (enlisted men) were absent without leave, that on March 17, it reported an aggregate of 896, 95 of whom (enlisted men) were absent without leave, that 69 was the lowest of the absent without leave that he had seen in any statement since the regiment entered Virginia, that the absentees were and had been deserters from the start, who had neither been brought in or rejoined the regiment, that the deserters, the recent killed, and those who might have been permanently disabled would reduce the regiment to a little over 750 men, that he could not learn of anything which had been done or attempted to recruit the regiment since it left Toledo, and that whether he ever became officially connected with the regiment or not, he would have the same desire to have it filled up; and asking whether Buckingham could, in disposing of the men referred to in General Order No. 4, aid the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 218]

April 5, 1862
Charles W. Hill, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since Treasury notes were said to be getting into circulation, he would again call Buckingham's attention to the unsettled pay accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Collins and himself, that Buckingham informed him on February 3 that the Assistant Secretary of War had been at Columbus and promised to take up the accounts, that as the accounts were left with Buckingham and the Governor to secure the proper attention, he wished to know when and where they could find the Paymaster with authority and means to pay said accounts, that he trusted Buckingham would admit that they had been reasonably patient, and that he had for a long time needed and still needed his pay more than he could well express.
2 pp. [Series 147-30: 219]

April 5, 1862
J.B. Purcell, Archbishop of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that a neighbor, Major Edward Brookfield of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had requested that he be his advocate with Tod, that in the event of consolidation, Brookfield did not wish to be separated from his regiment as he and the men were much attached to it, that Brookfield was an officer and a gentleman of no ordinary merit, and that Brookfield would see in Tod's kind acquiescence in his request, a strong motive for still more devotion to the service of his country.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 115]

April 5, 1862
L.B. Strong, et. al., Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter signed by twenty-five residents of Willoughby, Ohio; and stating that having been informed that Captain [Robert B.] Moore of Company I, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned, they recommended that Lieutenant Russell Hastings of said company be appointed to fill the vacancy, that they desired this from their personal knowledge of the worth and merit of Hastings, that Hastings was one of their most worthy and respectable citizens with a character without a blemish, and that as the company was raised mostly in the area, they claimed to know that Hastings was the choice of the company and stood preferred by them to anyone else for his bravery and kind care for his men.
1 p. [Series 147-30: 213]