April 10, 1862
W[illiam] Goodsell, Windham, Portage County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his name appeared on the muster roll of Company K, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Captain, but not as 2nd Lieutenant, that he recruited the required number of men, that he did not have the names of all the men nor could he get them without going to the muster rolls of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he could get Colonel [William B.] Hazen's receipt for the men if that was sufficient.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 35]

April 10, 1862
Benjamin F. Hawkes, Lieutenant Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, North Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was at home sick, that his residence had been changed from Norwalk to North Fairfield, that he was somewhat improved in health since his late visit to Columbus, and that he thought he could rejoin his regiment in a short time.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 26]

April 10, 1862
William Howard, et. al., Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter signed by fifty-five citizens of Reynoldsburg and vicinity; recommending the bearers, Jesse Kirk and A.M. Morton, as suitable persons to act as nurses at the site of the recent battle at Pittsburg, Tennessee [Shiloh], and that the Governor grant Kirk and Morton a free pass to said place inasmuch as a considerable number of volunteers from Franklin County took part in the battle.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 33]

April 10, 1862
W. Scott Ketchum, Brigadier General, Acting Inspector General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. To ? Letter certifying that by order of General [Henry] Halleck, he had mustered Private J.W. Cheney, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry out of the service of the United States to take effect on January 7, 1862, and that Cheney's military history was not on file at those headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 65]

April 10, 1862
Thomas Morton, Colonel, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Pittsburgh, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a list of regimental and company officers with date of appointment of each together with names of such as had died or resigned with date of resignation or death as requested in Buckingham's communication dated March 27, which had just been received.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 92]

April 10, 1862
Charles D. Schmidt, Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, Assistant Quartermaster's Office, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a list of rebel prisoners which he was sending in accordance with the enclosed telegram.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 45]

April 10, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 78; listing five officers and enlisted men of the Ohio Volunteers who were discharged from the service from the dates and for the reasons noted opposite their respective names. By order of the Secretary of War.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 23]

April 10, 1862
F.S. Wallace, Lieutenant and Adjutant, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he desired to remain in the service and, if possible, with at least his present rank since it seemed hard to go down to the ranks, that it had been one year since he volunteered his name, being the first enrolled in Ohio for the service, that he filled the position of 2nd Lieutenant in Company A, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that he recruited the first man for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that since September 1861, he had given all his time and means to the regiment; citing references; and stating that in November 1861, he was appointed Post Commissary by General [Melancthon S.] Wade, that since then, he had filled said position as well as his regimental one, and that although he would much prefer to be in active service, if that was impossible, he should like to retain the position of Commissary by appointment from Washington or otherwise.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 178]

April 10, 1862
T[homas] Worthington, [Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Camp Shiloh, [Tennessee]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on the battle of Shiloh.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 98]

April 10, 1862
T[homas] Worthington, Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Shiloh, 21/2 miles from Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the raising of the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, when he took rank in the regiment, pay and allowances of volunteers versus soldiers of the regular army, and the paragraph in the revised army regulations which provided that officers were entitled to pay from the date of the acceptance of their appointments.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 99]

April 10, 1862
D[ean] C. Wright, Chaplain, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tyler, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the efficiency of a regiment depended largely, almost entirely, upon the character of its officers, that this was too clear and too often thought of by Tod to need any remark, that the times of trial and engagements with the enemy had revealed the fact that some officers were sadly lacking, some in courage and others in other qualities (particularly moral qualities which were equally important with courage and skill in an officer), for the positions they had occupied, that such officers must necessarily give place to others and it must be clearly seen that the filling up of the vacancies thus created was a work of vast importance requiring great care and wisdom that the service might not suffer, that the knowledge of his men possessed by a skillful, calm, and sober commander of any regiment must be of more consequence and would offer a better criterion for forming a judgement upon the merits of candidates for offices in the regiment than representations of any other parties, that there must be cordial and hearty agreement between the head and the subordinates of a regiment in order to achieve any desirable degree of efficiency in it, that in the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry there were some vacancies now to be filled and more would shortly occur, that Colonel [Erastus B.] Tyler was a man of such judgement and skill as to render his recommendations of great weight, more than any other man's could be under the circumstances, that Tyler would mention men for promotion for gallantry in the action at Winchester on March 23, 1862, including Sergeant L[lewellyn] Davis of Company A, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Davis was a young man whose moral qualities, courage, skill in drill, and other officer qualities were exceptional, that Davis had been connected with the regiment from the beginning and had done his duty faithfully and cheerfully, that he quoted the remarks of many officers when he said that Davis had done as much as any man could do to merit promotion and ought to have it, and that Davis took a flag from the enemy at Cross Lanes, had been upon frequent and dangerous scouts in the enemy's country and brought back important facts to the commanders who sent him, and had taken great pains, by study and practice, to qualify himself for duty as an officer; requesting that Tod bear Davis strongly in mind when commissions were to be issued for vacant offices in the regiment; and stating that he expressed the opinion of the military men who were in the battle at Winchester when he said that they were indebted to Colonel E[rastus] B. Tyler, acting Brigadier General, commanding the 3rd Brigade, more than any other man, for the glorious victory there achieved, and that if any man had or could earn the position of Brigadier General, Tyler had and ought to have it.
3 pp. [Series 147-31: 213]

April 11, 1862
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that pursuant to Buckingham's Special Order No. 335, he proceeded with the guard therein mentioned to conduct the prisoners of war from Camp Chase to Sandusky, that Lieutenant Colonel [Alexander] Von Schrader turned over one hundred and seventy prisoners to him at Camp Chase and eight others reported themselves to him at the railroad depot in Columbus according to the terms of their parole, that the prisoners behaved with entire propriety with a very few exceptions, that some two or three attempted to escape, but their efforts were thwarted by the praiseworthy vigilance of the guard, that a slight accident on the railroad delayed them a short time, but resulted in no other injury, that he delivered the prisoners into the custody of Major [William S.] Pierson at Johnson's Island prison near Sandusky about dark the previous evening and took his receipt which was enclosed, that it might be proper to add that the roll furnished him was not correct as it contained the names of some prisoners who were not taken up while others were taken whose names were not mentioned, and that Major Pierson would furnish a copy of a corrected roll.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 109]

April 11, 1862
William O. Collins, Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he knew Buckingham would be glad to hear of the destination of all Ohio troops, that he was enclosing a copy of the instructions from General [Henry W.] Halleck under which they were on their way to Ft. Laramie, that they would be employed in looking after the Indians who were becoming troublesome now that the regulars were withdrawn and in guarding the overland mail, telegraph, government trains and property, etc., between Ft. Kearny and Utah, that their headquarters would be at Ft. Laramie, that the order was a surprise for they had expected to go to Tennessee, that they left the more willingly since the victories at Island No. 10 and Pittsburgh [Shiloh] indicated that the backbone of rebellion in the West was broken, that their boats were fired upon in coming up the Missouri River, that nine shots struck one boat, but nobody was injured, that the fire was returned, but with what effect they did not know as they did not land, and that they were armed with Enfield rifles and Colt Navy revolvers; and thanking Buckingham for his constant kindness.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 184]

April 11, 1862
G.W. Fahrion, Middleburg[h], Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter asking what Tod had decided on in his case; and stating that he was anxious to get back to the regiment again as soon as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 118]

April 11, 1862
J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Orders No. 95; stating that the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant John M. Wisehart, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on April 12, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 24]

April 11, 1862
J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Orders No. 95; stating that the resignation of Captain John C. Fell, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on April 12, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 25]

April 11, 1862
J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. True copy of Special Orders No. 95; stating that the resignation of Captain John C. Fell, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on April 12, 1862, by order of Major General [Henry] Halleck. Together with a note dated April 16, 1862, from John Groesbeck, Colonel, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters; certifying that the order was a true copy of the original order received that day from the headquarters of the Department of the Mississippi; and stating that the original order had been delivered to Fell.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 90]

April 11, 1862
W. Scott Ketchum, Brigadier General, Acting Inspector General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. To ? Form letter certifying that he had, by order of General [Henry] Halleck, mustered out Charles T. Sedam as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to take effect on February 28, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 22]

April 11, 1862
W. Scott Ketchum, Brigadier General, Acting Inspector General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. To Colonel John Groesbeck. True copy of order certifying that he had, by order of General [Henry] Halleck, mustered Charles T. Sedam (1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry) out of the service of the United States to take effect on February 28, 1862. Together with a note dated April 16, 1862, from John Groesbeck, Colonel, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters; certifying that the order was a true copy of the original order from the headquarters of the Department of the Mississippi mustering Lieutenant Charles T. Sedam out of service; and stating that the original order was not in his possession, having been sent to Charles T. Sedam.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 89]

April 11, 1862
E.H. Leland, 1st Lieutenant, 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking why he was reported as ranking from September 10, 1861 when he held an appointment as 1st Lieutenant of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry dated August 17, 1861, and when there was on file in Buckingham's department a letter from Colonel [Edwin D.] Bradley stating that he had been actively on duty from the date of his appointment; and stating that his appointment was dated about August 15, 1861, that as his health would soon enable him to join the army in the field, an early reply was requested, that there were numerous gross errors in the report of the rank of officers in the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or else he was entirely misinformed as to the principle upon which the rank of officers was fixed, that the Chaplain [John Poucher] was not appointed or even qualified for appointment until September 1861, that all the field officers were reported as taking rank from June 10, 1861, before any of them were appointed and before any order for organizing the regiment was made, that most of them were then serving in inferior rank in the three months' service, that the Captains and Lieutenants were reported upon equally inexplicable dates, and that as promotions were generally made according to rank, it became important that rank in the first instance should be fixed upon some unvarying rule and not at the mere caprice of anyone.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 100]

April 11, 1862
Miller Moody, Captain, et. al., Bellville, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter signed by five individuals; and stating that the bearer, William Randall, a citizen of Bellville having a large number of friends and relatives who were in the army and at the battle of Pittsburg [Shiloh], was anxious to go down and visit them and render such assistance to the sick and wounded as he was capable of, that Randall was a reliable man and qualified to be of service in the hospital as attendant and nurse, and that Buckingham facilitating Randall's object would confer a favor on a large number of citizens in the area.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 32]

April 11, 1862
C.R. Reed, Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received his appointment as Assistant Surgeon in the volunteer forces of the State of Ohio, that absence from home prevented him from answering earlier, that he was in Columbus on April 8, but knew nothing of the appointment until so informed by the Governor, that in consequence of his absence from home, the Governor said he should have a week longer in which to answer the notice, that he accepted the appointment, and that if he should be sent to Tennessee as intended by the Governor, he wished to know if he could receive his instructions and commission and be mustered into service at Cincinnati without going to Columbus.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 22]

April 11, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter listing the ranks, names, and regiments of thirteen officers of the volunteer forces from the State of Ohio who had resigned; and noting the effective dates.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 66]

April 11, 1862
John W. Russell, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Reverend Dr. Muenscher of Mount Vernon was visiting Columbus with a view to obtaining the post of Assistant Surgeon for his son, R.P. Muenscher, M.D., who was now Hospital Steward of the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had not examined R.P. Muenscher, but believed him to be qualified for the position, that R.P. Muenscher read medicine with him about one year prior to his attending his last course of lectures, that R.P. Muenscher was a regular graduate, that R.P. Muenscher's mind was active and well adapted for sudden emergencies, that R.P. Muenscher's habits were regular, and that R.P. Muenscher was worthy of Tod's utmost confidence.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 32]

April 11, 1862
George Strother, Clerk's Office, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that all the companies from Van Wert County, as well as a number of Van Wert County men in other regiments, were in the late battle at Pittsburgh, Tennessee [Shiloh], that they were anxious to get permission for one or two of their most responsible citizens to go down and did not ask the State to pay their way, that thousands were probably anxious to go, that Buckingham was undoubtedly thronged with applications for passes, that they felt entitled, that there were nearly 700 men from Van Wert County in the service and nearly all of them had been in the battle, and that the Van Wert County companies were in the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; asking if Buckingham could grant them their request; suggesting Davis Johnson, Van Wert County Treasurer, E.R. Wells, banker, or T.S. McKim, merchant, all good and responsible men; and asking Buckingham to lay the matter before the Governor.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 29]

April 11, 1862
J. Bowers Underwood, Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the case of Sergeant James Aumick, Company B, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 136]

April 11, 1862
Daniel Weber, 1st Lieutenant, Company D, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, near New Madrid, [Missouri]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was in receipt of Buckingham's communication of April 4, 1862, and that he was surprised at receiving notice of his appointment as 1st Lieutenant which bore the date of March 26, 1862; asking if this was not a mistake; stating that he held a 1st Lieutenant's commission dated August 23, 1861, and that he took the oath of office at that time and had been on active duty and regularly mustered with Company D ever since; and enclosing papers for the purpose of better assuring Buckingham of the fact. Together with a letter dated April 11, 1862, from John Groesbeck, Colonel, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham; regarding the exact condition of the 1st Lieutenancies of the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 114]

April 11, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Battlefield. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Special Orders No. 18; stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant C.W. Douty, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on April 11, 1862. By command of Major General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 62]

April 12, 1862
R.A. Dwyer, Assistant Surgeon, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting a copy of the order instructing him to report at Gallipolis; stating that he wished to get his mileage as no transportation was furnished; asking if he was entitled to mileage; and stating that he did not have the original order.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 51]

April 12, 1862
H.J. Jewett, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Lieutenant Ross, because of an injury received in the service and upon the advice of some friends, resigned his position in the army, that it seemed Ross' resignation had been accepted by General [Henry] Halleck, that he was not familiar with the rules applicable to cases of this kind, that in view of the energy and patriotism manifested by Ross and his general good character, he took pleasure in commending the case to Tod's consideration, and that he hoped Ross might continue in the service in some capacity.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 49]