April 18, 1862
W.R.S. Clark, Surgeon, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Union, Fayette, Virginia. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had not yet received his commission as Surgeon of the 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 191]

April 18, 1862
Harvey M. Everett, Shanesville, Mercer County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was a member of Captain Joshua W. Heath's company in the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had been left in the hospital at Camp Logan, Ohio due to sickness, and that he was now in Mercer County, Ohio; and requesting a pass to join the regiment now on the Tennessee River.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 108]

[April 18?, 1862]
C[harles] L. Gano, Major, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To ? Letter stating that in the charges preferred against Captain Taylor of Berdan's Sharpshooters for inducing men to leave the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and join said sharpshooters, the name of Taylor should be erased and the name of Doherty substituted, that these charges had been signed by him and he desired to correct them, and that those having possession of said papers were requested to deliver them so that the alterations could be made.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 59]

April 18, 1862
Charles H. Kibler, Camp on Battlefield, near Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To General George B. Wright. Letter stating that he wished to procure Wright's good offices, not for himself, but for two members of his company, that these individuals were worthy men and good soldiers, acquainted with his company, and helped to raise it, that they were put back for promotions by strangers who were not their equals, that in volunteer companies, officers should come from the members of a company, when fit, that he did not choose to be associated with any person appointed by the Adjutant General, who knew nothing about men or their fitness, and that his regiment [76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] went through the fight [Shiloh] with but four wounded, three slightly.
4 pp. [Series 147-31: 128]

April 18, 1862
S.J. McGroarty, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that if it was consistent with the plans Tod had made for the organization of the regiment to be made up of the fragments of regiments now in the state, he would ask that the squad recruited by Lieutenant James S. Miller in the district of Logan County, Hardin County, Allen County, and Montgomery County be assigned to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Miller was commissioned to recruit for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but it was now filled by a transfer from the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Miller was temporarily transferred to the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and ordered to report to the commanding officer, and that if Tod could give Miller a transfer to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a company could be immediately organized, and Miller could receive the nomination of 1st Lieutenant; and requesting that the transfer be made.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 141]

April 18, 1862
M.P. Nolan, Lieutenant Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been confined to his quarters by the written order of Colonel [S.J.] McGroarty at 4 P.M. on April 16, 1862, that with a sentinel in the front and rear of his quarters, a soldier with fixed bayonet to hand him his victuals, and his servant not allowed to enter the door, he was treated in every manner as a felon, that he had received a further order from McGroarty to make no communication except through him, not even to Tod or the Adjutant General, that Tod would readily perceive that in his arrest and treatment, there was more than ordinary ferocity, that the usual arrest provided by the articles of war was an order simply (that is for officers), that he had not the least idea of the cause of his arrest or his offence, that McGroarty conversed freely with him ten minutes before sending the order confining him to quarters, that it was given out in the regiment that his arrest was by Tod's order, that he was quite sure this was false, that his rank and standing in life before he entered the service entitled him to more humane treatment, that McGroarty's order said that he would remain under arrest until otherwise ordered by the commander in chief or the Adjutant General, and that he had to send his letter by stealth; requesting that Tod investigate the matter and have justice done at once; and stating that he had already written two communications to the Adjutant General, who he presumed was not at home yet, and that he had every sense and the greatest confidence in Tod's wish to do them all what was right.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 111]

April 18, 1862
T.J. Pettit, Rockville, Adams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his friends in the Army of the Tennessee thought that the sharp-shooting arm of the service was deficient, that it was certainly an important thing to pick off artillerists and officers as fast as they made their appearance, that this would deter others from taking their place, that it would cause confusion in any army where their officers fell thick and fast, that he was aware that recruiting (at least for the infantry and cavalry) had been stopped, that he did not know whether the sharp-shooting branch had been stopped or not, that he had been persuaded to offer his services to raise a company of sharpshooters if he could be permitted to do so, that he thought a company could be raised in a short time as there were many who would enlist as sharpshooters who could not be induced to enter the regular infantry service, and that he would endeavor to secure the aid of influential friends and enlist such as would render good service to the country; and citing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 80]

April 18, 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 sixteen officers of the volunteer forces from the State of Ohio who had resigned effective on the dates specified.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 76]

April 18, 1862
Henry F. Simpson, Lieutenant, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter resigning his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to take effect on April 18, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 59]

April 18, 1862
J[oseph] R. Swigart, Lieutenant and Adjutant, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp near Woodstock, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding acceptances of various appointments.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 173]

[April 19?, 1862]
Edward S. Flint, Mayor, et. al., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by the Mayor and Trustees of the City of Cleveland; nominating or proposing to the War Department at Washington the name of Colonel James Barnett of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery for promotion to the office of Brigadier General; and stating that they believed the nomination was eminently due Barnett for constant and efficient service both in the field and camp since the commencement of hostilities.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 104]

April 19, 1862
James R. Hubbell, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, and James Monroe, President pro tem of the Ohio Senate. Copy of joint resolution; stating that the Governor was authorized and requested to direct the Quartermaster General to collect all the arms heretofore distributed to the citizens of the State and place them in the State Arsenal for safe keeping, that the Governor was authorized and requested in all cases where any such arms had been delivered and were now in the hands of independent companies of volunteer militia, without the taking of the proper bonds for their re-delivery, to have such bonds taken as the law required, and that the Governor was authorized and requested to direct the Quartermaster General to issue any such arms not needed for actual service in the field to organized companies of the militia, taking the proper bonds for their re-delivery upon demand of the State.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 103]

April 19, 1862
R.C. Lemmon, District Military Committee, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had several applications from widows and relatives of dead soldiers for assistance to procure back pay; and asking whether any and what regulations had been made in this regard.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 72]

April 19, 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. 15; stating that the resignation of Colonel Charles Whittlesey, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on April 19, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 164]

April 19, 1862
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, War Department, Washington City, D.C. True copy of order; directing that Thomas J. Clay, now a prisoner of war at Columbus, Ohio, be delivered in the custody of Thomas Smith, 3rd Street, Louisville, Kentucky for safe keeping during the war and subject to the order of the War Department; and stating that the Governor of Ohio, having charge of the prisoners of war at Columbus, was to execute said order. Together with a letter dated April 23, 1862, from Thomas Smith; stating that in obedience to said order, David Tod, Governor of Ohio, having charge of the within named Thomas J. Clay, prisoner of war at Columbus, had delivered into his custody, on the terms and conditions stated within, the said Thomas J. Clay.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 125]

April 19, 1862
Henry H. Sturges, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wished a military pass for himself and one man by the name of Beard for Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, that he was sutler of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and one of his men had returned home due to illness, and that he must fill his place immediately if possible.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 70]

April 19, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 86; stating that Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus Grant, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been reported on adversely by a Board of Examination and, the President having approved the report, was discharged from the service to take effect on April 14, 1862. By order of the Secretary of War.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 147]

April 19, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 86; stating that the President of the United States had been pleased to remit the sentence promulgated against Captain C[harles] S. Cotter, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery and to direct that he be restored to the command of his company; and instructing Cotter to proceed to join his battery at or near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. By order of the Secretary of War.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 148]

April 19, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Copy of extract from Special Orders No. 86; stating that the President of the United States had been pleased to remit the sentence promulgated against Captain C[harles] S. Cotter, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery and to direct that he be restored to the command of his company, and that Cotter would accordingly proceed to join his battery at or near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. By order of the Secretary of War. Bears a note dated April 25, 1862, from J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Missouri, reading "Official".
1 p. [Series 147-31: 159]

April 20, 1862
And[rew] C. Kemper, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Field Orders No. 17; stating that Captain John B. Myers, 1st Lieutenant John R. Brown, 1st Lieutenant Ezra Bennett, 2nd Lieutenant Edmond B. Lowe, and 2nd Lieutenant Levy M. Willetts of the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery would be mustered out of the service of the U.S., that 52 enlisted men (as Privates) from the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery would be temporarily assigned to the 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, that 38 enlisted men (as Privates) from the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery would be temporarily assigned to the 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, that 20 enlisted men (as Privates) from the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery would be temporarily assigned to the 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and that the Government property would be turned over to, and receipted for, by the officers designated by the Chief of Artillery to receive it. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 162]

April 20, 1862
And[rew] C. Kemper, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Field Orders No. 18; stating that the resignations of Assistant Surgeon S.C. Mendenhall, 1st Lieutenant William C. Godfrey, and 1st Lieutenant John Grimes, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect on April 20, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 163]

April 20, 1862
W[illiam] Mungen, Colonel, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Department of Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Hubbard Stone, Sergeant Major of the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and a member of Company D of said regiment, to the position of 2nd Lieutenant of said company to fill the post made vacant by reason of the promotion of 2nd Lieutenant Ogden Meader to the position of Adjutant of the regiment; and stating that Stone was an excellent man, a good soldier, and would make a splendid Lieutenant, and that Stone's promotion would give universal satisfaction to the regiment and be of advantage to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 177]

April 20, 1862
N.H. Swayne, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Henry Hunter was Lieutenant Colonel of a fragmentary regiment, that the officers of said regiment had raised more than the full number of men, but the men were taken from them to fill up other regiments, that it was his understanding that several fragments (Hunter's regiment being one) were about to be thrown together so as to make one full regiment and that it would probably be the last regiment raised, that he earnestly hoped Lieutenant Colonel Hunter might be retained, that Hunter was a man of the best habits and of high character, that Hunter had done a great deal of hard work, that Hunter was full of ardor for the service, and that he thought Hunter ought not to be disappointed.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 118]

April 20, 1862
Charles Webber, Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was told that morning that all prisoners home on a parole of honor must report themselves to the Governor, that as he was home on a parole of honor, he supposed he must report himself, that he had reported himself to the Colonel of his regiment and also sent a doctor's certificate to the effect that he was not able to do duty yet, that he had heard nothing from the Colonel, that when he was a boy, he had the measles and caught cold, that his eyes were affected and he was left cross eyed, that while he was in prison, he had the typhoid fever twice and it left his eyes so weak that he had to wear goggles, that he was afraid he would have to lose one of his eyes, that he was in prison for five months, and that if need be, he could send a doctor's certificate that he was not fit for duty in active service.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 97]

April 21, 1862
J.R. Black, M.D., Hebron, Licking County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter tendering his services as Surgeon to any of their wounded should Tod deem fit to require same; and stating that he thought the need might arise in some of the great coming struggles, that he passed the Board of Examiners in August 1861, and was first on the list of those examined that month, there being some 40 or 50 applicants, that the Ohio State Journal for August 17, 1861 showed this, that he could bring any testimonials required, that he graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1829, that Tod might wonder why he had not been appointed long ago, that he was refused a place by Governor [William] Dennison on account of his politics and the influence of a bitter Republican antagonist, that he had the proof at hand, and that it was simply revenge for an attack in a newspaper, of which he was thought to be the author, some 21/2 years before.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 107]

April 21, 1862
H. Carey, Jr., Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on October 2, 1861, the bearer, Andrew Miller of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was by a regular vote of Company B of said regiment duly nominated for a 1st Lieutenancy in said company and regiment, that since that time, Miller had been acting Lieutenant, but had never received a commission, that being personally acquainted with Miller as a man and a soldier, he took great pleasure in asking Buckingham to look into the merits of Miller's case and to afford him such relief as was possible, that Miller would give a truthful statement of the whole affair, and that then it would clearly be in Buckingham's province to order that a commission issue.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 150]

April 21, 1862
E.B. Free, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Captain Isaac Ross of the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been quite sick with chronic diarrhea at Pittsburg, Tennessee [Shiloh], that Ross was taken on board the steamboat Magnolia, brought to Cincinnati, and forwarded to his home at Mt. Oreb, Brown County, Ohio, and that Ross asked him to report on his behalf to headquarters and to say that he would join his regiment as soon as he was fit for duty.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 105]

April 21, 1862
S.F. Kerr, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there was a young man, now a prisoner at Camp Chase, whose name was William Bland, who was taken prisoner in Virginia, that Bland lived in Fayette County for about 3 or 4 years with William and Jesse Hagler, that some 18 months ago, Bland left Fayette County and went back to his father in Virginia and was there when the war broke out, that many in Bland's neighborhood (and he among them) took up the Kentucky idea, namely to defend the state against encroachments, and formed themselves into a home guard taking sides (as they thought) with neither North nor South, but against both to sustain the state rights of Virginia, that Bland was said to be perfectly satisfied that he and his associates were wrong in their views, that the South was wrong, and that he was entirely mistaken as to the object of the war, not being permitted to see a paper published in the North, that Bland was willing to take the oath of allegiance to the Government of the U.S. and remain in Fayette County, that Bland had a brother living in Fayette County and a large circle of relatives who would vouch for his loyalty, and that he wrote for information as to what course was to be pursued and to determine whether, under such circumstances, Bland could be permitted to take the oath of allegiance; and giving the names of the persons who would vouch for Bland's loyalty.
2 pp. [Series 147-31: 135]

April 21, 1862
Thomas H. Linnell, 1st Lieutenant, Company B, Hoffman's Battalion, Depot, Prisoners of War [Johnson's Island], near Sandusky, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking from what date Lieutenant Alf. G. Tuther, Hoffman's Battalion ranked as 1st Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 69]

April 21, 1862
F.W. Moore, 25 W. 3rd St., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham had informed him a few weeks before that a decision would be made by Governor David Tod as to whether he would be reinstated, according to authority from the War Department, as Captain in the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry when official notice of [George B.] Whitcomb's death was received, and that if he was not to be reinstated, he intended to enter the service again through the ranks.
1 p. [Series 147-31: 68]