April 15, 1862
Joseph G. Carruthers, Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter enclosing an order from William S. Williams, Captain of the 3rd Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; and stating that if furnished with a pass and the necessary instructions, he would proceed to arrest said deserters as he was personally acquainted with the parties and would recognize them on sight, that the deserters were in the neighborhood of Cincinnati and the border of Indiana, and that this was the third time William Woods had volunteered and as often deserted.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 167]

April 15, 1862
J.B. Creviston, Hillgrove, Darke County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was 1st Lieutenant in the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that he was Adjutant of the 40th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for seven months, that in consequence of rheumatism, he was induced to resign as Adjutant effective April 1, and that since hearing of the battle of Pittsburg Landing [Shiloh] and the disaster of their men, and being sufficiently recovered from his inability to go into the field again, he felt it his duty to do so in case he was deemed worthy of a position where a vacancy might have occurred.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 55]

April 15, 1862
Elizabeth Donnelly (written by Ephraim Brown, New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio). To William E. Finch. Letter stating that Patrick Devit of Somerset enlisted in the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that his father was dead and his mother wished him released, that she said he was only fourteen years old and his size and appearance denoted him to be about that age, that if the Adjutant General would not release him without a legal process, they would make legal proceedings to have him released, that they hoped they would not be put to that trouble and expense, and that Finch would be paid for his trouble.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 182]

April 15, 1862
J.W. Greene, Fairfield, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received Buckingham's communication of April 11, informing him that the Governor had decided to appoint the Surgeons hereafter from those Assistant Surgeons who accepted their appointments under the late act of the Ohio Legislature, that looking upon the decision as eminently proper and just to all parties, Buckingham might inform the Governor that he was withdrawing his declining to accept the appointment under said act, and that as a number of physicians from the area were now at or on the way to Pittsburg Landing [Shiloh] as volunteers, it would be out of his power (without leaving urgent business) to report for duty immediately; asking if he should report to Buckingham's headquarters as soon as he could; and stating that if, in the opinion of the Governor, the service needed the full quota immediately, his case, if it was the Governor's pleasure, might lay over to fill any vacancy which might occur in the corps of 20.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 55]

April 15, 1862
W. Scott Ketchum, Brigadier General, Acting Inspector General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter certifying that by order of General [Henry] Halleck, he mustered Henry Sherman, 2nd Lieutenant, Company D, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry out of the service of the United States to take effect on March 5, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 65]

April 16, 1862
A[lexander] S. Ballard, Major, Commanding 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the squad of men enlisted by Lieutenant Miller wished to be assigned to the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that fifteen wished to be placed in Company H and the balance were willing to be distributed in any of the other companies.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 72]

April 16, 1862
L.C. Brown, Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter certifying that he had discharged William Palmer, Company C, and William Dickinson, Company I, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the Post Hospital at Camp Chase to rejoin their regiment. Bears the approval of G[ranville] Moody, Colonel, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commandant of Post.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 53]

April 16, 1862
David Cline, William Morrel, and H. Helvering, South Bloomfield, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they were ready to resume their places in the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they were not well when the regiment left Camp Andrews for Paducah, that their officers let them come home to refresh themselves, that they all felt well enough to go into service, and that they wanted to know whether Buckingham would pass them on to their regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 54]

April 16, 1862
Orin J. Crane, Captain, Company A, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tyler, near Edinburg. To ? Letter recommending the appointment of 1st Sergeant William A. Howe to the vacancy in Company A caused by the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant D[udley] A. Kimball; and stating that Howe behaved himself nobly in the battle of Winchester, and that Howe had well earned the position. Bears the approval of E[rastus] B. Tyler, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 200]

April 16, 1862
John R. French, Washington. To My Dear Friend. Letter regarding a Lieutenancy for his friend, Virgil E. Smalley, Company D, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Colonel [Erastus B.] Tyler, in reporting on the battle of Winchester to Governor David Tod, spoke of Smalley as one whose distinguished bravery in that fight deserved promotion, that there were a number of vacancies among the officers of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the cowards at Winchester having been forced into resignations, that currently, there were no Lieutenants in Company D, that one of the Lieutenants had "basely" run away from the battlefield, and that [Benjamin F.] Wade made a grand speech on April 15 in defense of Secretary [Edwin M.] Stanton and an earnest prosecution of the war. Bears a note from R.F. Paine to Governor David Tod; forwarding French's letter; and stating that he had no doubt that Smalley's promotion was deserved.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 208]

April 16, [1862]
John Hyman, Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain [Andrew J.] Konkle, Battery D, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery advised him that if he was not able to return to the company, he should go to an army post Surgeon and get examined, that Konkle further advised that if the Surgeon pronounced him unfit for duty, he should get a certificate, that Konkle said he would have him honorably discharged upon receipt of said certificate, and that some military men locally told him that Konkle had no right to do so and that if he did not return to the company, he would get himself into trouble; and asking what he should do.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 78]

April 16, 1862
James McElroy, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To My Dear General. Letter stating that he perceived that both his boys were in all probability in the late conflict at Pittsburgh [Shiloh], and that if either had fallen or been badly hurt, he might be needed below Cincinnati; asking the General to procure a pass for him from the Governor; and stating that if called for, he wished to be ready to start at any moment, and that the salvation of their left wing was a signal interposition of Providence.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 79]

April 16, 1862
N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Field Orders No. 8; stating that 2nd Lieutenant Henry Sherman, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was mustered out of the service of the United States to take effect on March 5, 1862, since which date he was reported by the Colonel of his regiment to have been absent without proper authority. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 85]

April 16, 1862
N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Field Orders No. 9; stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant W.H. Smith, 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery was accepted to take effect on April 16, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 86]

April 16, 1862
N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Field Orders No. 9; stating that the resignation of Major C.N. Lamison, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on April 16, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 88]

April 16, 1862
John D. Main, Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was sorry to report Captain [Joseph R.] Bartlett in order to get his money, that he belonged to Company F, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was taken sick and left at Camp Nevin when the regiment moved to Camp Wood, that at Camp Wood, the Captain forged his name to the pay rolls, that the Captain still had his pay amounting to $32.70, and would not give it to him, that if Buckingham could get the money for him, he could have everything over $25.00 for his trouble, that he was now at home on a discharge furlough, and that he needed the money badly as he was still not able to work.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 186]

April 16, 1862
R.F. Paine, United States District Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter urging the promotion of [Virgil E.] Smalley, Company D, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 217]

April 16, 1862
Seymour S. Reed, 2nd Lieutenant, Company G, Mervin Clark, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, Marcus S. Hopkins, 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, F[rank] Payne, 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, and James P. Brisbine, 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tyler, Virginia. To Colonel E[rastus] B. Tyler. Letter recommending that Orderly Sergeant E[rnst] J. Krieger, Company K, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be appointed 1st Lieutenant of Company K, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that they recommended a departure from the regular order of promotions and were willing to defer their claims in this special case. Bears the endorsement of E[rastus] B. Tyler, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 218]

April 16, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 83; stating that, upon the recommendation of the commanding officer of the Department of the Mississippi, Captain S[amuel] W. Spencer, Company C, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was dropped from the rolls of the army as a deserter. By order of the Secretary of War.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 75]

April 16, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 83; stating that upon the recommendation of the commanding officer of the Department of the Mississippi, Captain S[amuel] W. Spencer, Company C, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was dropped from the rolls of the army as a deserter. By order of the Secretary of War. Bears a note dated April 22, 1862, from J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri; reading "Official".
1 p. [Series 147-31: 188]

April 16, 1862
E[rastus] B. Tyler, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, Shields' Division, Camp near Edinburg, [Virginia]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding various resignations and recommendations for appointments.
3 pp. [Series 147-31: 219]

April 16, 1862
George L. Wood, Captain, Company D, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tyler, near Edinburg, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that a vacancy had occurred in Company D, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant E[zra] H. Witter; recommending Orderly Sergeant George D. Lockwood as a proper person to fill said vacancy; and requesting Lockwood's appointment. Together with the objection of E[rastus] B. Tyler, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the grounds that that there had already been three promotions from the ranks of Company D, while in other companies there had been none, that the health of Lockwood would not admit of the exposure necessary to make him an efficient officer, not having been able for some time past to discharge the duties of Sergeant, that he believed the company would be benefited and made more efficient by the appointment of a well drilled man and would only be dividing the promotions more equally, that the appointment of Sergeant L.E. Davis, a well drilled soldier and meritorious man deserving promotion, would not be objectionable to Wood although he recommended Lockwood for various reasons, that for reasons stated in his official report of the battle of Winchester, Davis should be appointed a Lieutenant so that officers and men might know that merit would be rewarded, and that Davis' appointment to Company D would do far less injustice to the regiment than to appoint him to any other existing vacancy.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 212]

April 17, 1862
J.H. Ballard, Captain, Company H, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that Company H, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had (deserters and all) 94 men, and that nine of those men had deserted and six of them were unfit for service on account of disability; requesting that the men named be transferred to their company from a squad which was presently at Camp Chase under the command of Lieutenant Miller; stating that the men were perfectly willing and anxious for the change, and that this squad was recruited for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and expected to be placed in said regiment; and listing the men they wished transferred to their company.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 140]

April 17, 1862
H[enry] W. Benham, Brigadier General Commanding Division, Headquarters, Northern District, Department of the South, Hilton Head, [South Carolina]. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he regretted to learn that Captain W.F. Beach, late of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had been deprived of his commission, that he had personal knowledge of Beach's fitness and acquaintance with the duties of the position, that Beach had for a time commanded his Headquarters Guard, that Beach's company was one of the best and most reliable of any in the fine brigade composed of Ohio troops which he had the honor to command in western Virginia, that Beach was eminently fitted for the position he held, that he regretted that such an injustice was done to the service especially when so many high positions in their army were filled by men wholly unfit for those positions, that he regretted that the country was deprived of such an officer as Beach, that were it possible, he would ask that Beach be reinstated in his old command or were that impossible, that Beach be appointed to a similar position in some other regiment, and that Beach was so anxious to be in the service of his country during the war that he intended to enlist as a Private if not commissioned.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 145]

April 17, 1862
L.C. Brown, Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that he had discharged B.F. Tuttle, Company C, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Charles Davis, Company D, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, William Reno, Company A, 40th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and G.W. Smith, Company K, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the Post Hospital at Camp Chase to rejoin their regiments.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 60]

April 17, 1862
H.F. Hawkes, Headquarters, Northern Division, Department of the South, Hilton Head (Port Royal), South Carolina. To General. Letter stating that, at the request of General [Henry W.] Benham, he was writing in regard to the case of Captain W.F. Beach, late of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Beach informed Benham that he had been thrown out of his commission, that Benham found Beach to be a very efficient and useful officer, that for a time, Beach was Captain of the Headquarters Guard and his company was one of the best drilled and most reliable of any in Benham's command in western Virginia, and that Benham thought if the Governor were cognizant of Beach's merits as a soldier and an officer and his eminent fitness for the position so ably filled, he would reinstate him in his old position or appoint him to a similar position in the line, realizing that an injustice was done and that the service had lost a competent, faithful, and experienced officer with Beach's removal.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 131]

April 17, 1862
William McDanield, Camp Warren, western Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he belonged to Company E of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he enlisted in June 1861, and had done as much marching and scouting as any soldier, that he was in the battle of Cross Lanes and at Scarey Creek, and had done as much guard duty as any soldier in the field, that his health had gotten bad from exposure and laying on the wet ground, and that he was still doing his duty and would to the last; asking to be detailed to take charge of the mails from Cincinnati to Charleston, or up the Kanawha River as far as the mail was carried, or from Cincinnati to Nashville on the mail boat; and stating that he did not want to get out of the service or go to the hospital, that he thought Tod would have him detailed to something light until he got stouter, that at such time, he wanted to go to his regiment and then and there stay until every inch of the rebellion was blotted out of existence and was no more, that any favors should go to those who went forth in the field and faced the cannon balls and bullets and not to those who stood back and looked on something light such as overseeing the mails and the like, and that he used to be mail agent on the Sandusky, Mansfield, and Newark Railroad.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 93]

April 17, 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 stating that he had informed Buckingham of his arrest, and that since writing, he had received a note from the Colonel [S.J. McGroarty]; including a copy of the note which stated that his arrest deprived him of the right to communicate except through the commander of the regiment; and stating that he regarded this as "fiendish", and that he had done no wrong.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 73]

April 17, 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 stating that he was placed under arrest by Colonel [S.J.] McGroarty on April 16, that the order of arrest read that he would consider himself under arrest until further orders and remain in close confinement in his quarters until otherwise ordered by the commander in chief or Adjutant General, and that he would hold no conversation with the officers, non-commissioned officers, or Privates of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or any other regiment, and that while the order was being read, sentinels with fixed bayonets were placed in the front and rear of his quarters; requesting that Buckingham inquire into the matter and have him released or his case tried before long; and stating that he had no idea whatever of his offence, that the Colonel conversed freely with him ten minutes prior to the service of the order, that his confinement was without cause and he was not treated like a gentleman, but more like a felon, that having every confidence in Buckingham's knowledge of such matters and an unfortunate regiment in particular, he appealed for redress, and that he was not even permitted to step on his porch.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 74]

April 17, 1862
J[ohn] W. Sprague, Colonel, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on board Steamboat "Silver Wave", five miles above Ft. Pillow, Arkansas shore. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter advising Buckingham of the letters designating the various companies of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that the commissions for officers of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had not been received and it was very likely that he had not lettered the companies within proper order, that they were leaving that morning for the Tennessee River with nearly all the troops of General [John] Pope's command, that the entire area was inundated and it was said that no route had been discovered by which the army could be marched or transported to a position to attack the enemy, that the river rose fully six inches the previous night, that he left forty men sick at New Madrid, though but few were seriously so, that all were to be sent soon to St. Louis Hospital, that there were some who ought to be sent directly home, that it required a very long time to get individual cases attended to and often the life of the man was sacrificed in consequence, that he feared there were some cases of this kind among those left at New Madrid, that one was a fine young man, George W. Essex, who was shot accidentally through both legs, and that Essex's parents lived near Marietta.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 158]