April 30, 1862
J[ohn] T. Price, 1st Lieutenant, 5th Infantry, Aide-de-Camp and Mustering Officer, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi. To ? Letter certifying that in accordance with Special Field Order No. 17, Department of the Mississippi, dated Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh], April 20, 1862, he had mustered Lieutenant Levi M. Willits of the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery out of the service of the United States; and stating that Willits certified that he was mustered into the service of the U.S. on December 25, 1861 as a Private by Lieutenant John B. Myers and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant by Governor David Tod of Ohio on February 15, 1862, and that he had pay due him for the whole period of his service.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 43]

April 30, 1862
J[ohn] T. Price, 1st Lieutenant, 5th Infantry, Aide-de-Camp and Mustering Officer, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi. To ? Letter certifying that in accordance with Special Field Order No. 17, Department of the Mississippi, dated Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh], April 20, 1862, he had mustered Captain John B. Myers of the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery out of the service of the U.S.; and stating that Myers made oath that there was no property in his hands belonging to the Government of the United States and that he was not in arrears to the Government of the United States on any account whatsoever, and that Myers certified that he was mustered into the service of the U.S. on November 11, 1861 as 2nd Lieutenant and was commissioned Captain by Governor David Tod of Ohio on January 2, 1862, and had pay due him for the whole period of his service.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 44]

April 30, 1862
Edward Siber, Colonel, 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Mouth of Loop, Kanawha Valley, Western Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the irregularity of the postal service in that country and the promotion of Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham to Brigadier General in the U.S. Army caused him to send Tod the certified copies of propositions for promotions in the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that said propositions had as yet not been acted upon, and that in the interest of the regiment, he recommended a favorable consideration.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 13]

April 30, 1862
W[illiam] S. Smith, Colonel, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter making special mention of the gallant and heroic conduct of Major Benjamin P. Runkle of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the battle of Shiloh on April 7; and stating that on this and other occasions of peculiar trial, Runkle's behavior had been such as to win the unbounded admiration of all who had witnessed it, and that if the command of one of the Ohio regiments could be conferred upon Runkle, it would be but a graceful and grateful reward for his sufferings and his valor. Together with a note dated May 1, 1862, from B. Stanton, Columbus; concurring in the recommendation of Runkle; and stating that Runkle's appointment to a Colonelcy would be a just and appropriate reward for his unsurpassed courage, gallantry, and general good conduct as an officer and a gentleman.
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 222]

April 30, 1862
W[illiam] S. Smith, Colonel, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he desired the promotion of Sergeant Thomas L. Stone of Company C, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Sergeant J.W.G. Simmons of Company D, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for their gallant conduct at the battle of Shiloh near Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee River; and asking that Stone and Simmons be remembered when the next vacancies occurred.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 224]

April ?, 1862
N[icholas] L. Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel commanding regiment, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp at Shiloh. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the resignation of James A. Andrews, Captain, Company B, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been accepted; requesting that William S. Getty, 1st Lieutenant, Company G, be promoted to Captain, that Jules J. Montagnier, 2nd Lieutenant, Company G, be promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and that Albert G. Williams, Sergeant Major, be promoted to 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that if the recommendation he recently gave William De Charmes of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry interfered with the promotions requested, he would withdraw it forthwith.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 160]

April ?, 1862
James Sanders, Times Office, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the previous Fall, a vacancy of 2nd Lieutenant occurred in Company C, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that 3rd Sergeant T[homas] A. Sanders, Sergeant [Frank M.] Slade, and [John U.] Hiltz were candidates for the vacancy, that Sanders led Slade by 9 votes and Slade led Hiltz by 15 votes or near it, that Hiltz got the position although it was conceded by all the company that he was the least competent, that Hiltz had secretly gotten a petition (after he was beaten) and had it signed by his friends, the different officers of the regiment, that Hiltz then obtained a furlough and went to Columbus and got the position, that having heard of this, he sent a petition to Governor [William] Dennison in favor of his brother [Thomas A. Sanders], that his brother only joined Company C some 20 minutes prior to its departure from New Richmond and consequently had no acquaintances in the company up to that time, that in spite of this, his brother was elected by the members of the company as 2nd Lieutenant, that his brother served faithfully with the "misguided" [William] Walker through his campaign in Nicaragua, was wounded at Rivas, and was laid up 2 years, that his brother was highly complemented by General Walker for meritorious conduct, that his brother was now a Sergeant in Company C, that his brother was an old Cincinnati fireman, and that there were now two vacancies or soon would be; requesting one of the vacancies for his brother; and stating that his brother had nothing but merit to help him in this matter, and that favoritism alone appeared to actuate the field officers for friends, instead of merit and good soldiership.
3 pp. [Series 147-33: 206]

May 1, 1862
H[arlan] P. Christie, Adjutant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Shiloh, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that there was a meeting of the officers of the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on April 27 for the purpose of choosing a Chaplain, that [Frederick W.] Richman, the one already appointed but not commissioned or mustered in, had never reported himself, that Reverend Henry Lange of Lancaster, Ohio was the unanimous choice of the meeting, and that Tod would confer a favor if he appointed and commissioned Lange, had him mustered into service, and had him report as soon as practicable. By order of F[erdinand] F. Rempel, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Together with a P.S. stating that the regiment was improving under the new administration, that they had some pretty hard service lately, and that they were momentarily expecting orders to advance as the main body of all three armies had already moved.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 5]

May 1, 1862
Charles N. Lamison, late Major, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the bearer, [Mahlon G.] Bailey, was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on December 3, 1861, that Bailey reported himself immediately and had continued to discharge the duties of 2nd Lieutenant in Company F of said regiment until the present time to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers and the company to which he had been attached, that Bailey's name was omitted from the roster forwarded to the Adjutant General's office by Colonel [Thomas] Morton and he had not received a commission, that the omission was certainly an oversight as there could be no motive for omitting Bailey's name, that Bailey had been in the service since the first call of the President and his courage and fidelity in the discharge of his duties were unquestionable, that Bailey had been sick at home, but had recovered so far as to desire to join his regiment, and that it was hoped the department would issue Bailey his commission before he returned.
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 46]

May 1, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had now been in the field about three months, been in three skirmishes, three reconnaissances, and one most bloody battle, had been under fire at four different times, and had escaped thus far unhurt, except for a slight wound in his right hand, that his horse was wounded while under him, and he had received four ball holes through his clothes during the fight of April 7, that in every instance, he had received the commendation of his superior officers, that he believed his men reposed in him entire confidence and would march bravely and firmly into any contest where he would lead them, that he did not mention all of this because he had done more than others or more than any true man would do under the circumstances, but simply because he discovered at Columbus a decided want of confidence in his capacity to command and lead his regiment, that he would be greatly obliged if Buckingham got the facts in the matter from General [Ulysses S.] Grant and General Lew Wallace, that his regiment had suffered from sickness due to excessive fatigue and great exposure in the climate, that it had been their fate to be assigned to the occupancy of important outposts and engaged in a very large proportion of the reconnaissances, which required short rations and sleeping out of tents in cold rains much of the time, that during the last week, they had been out twice, making 4 days and 4 nights in all, and it rained every night, that such exposure used up men very fast, that they had already lost about 50 men and there were probably 50 more who were so broken down as never to be fit for further service, that the balance were now becoming more healthy and he hoped they would soon be sufficiently seasoned and hardened to withstand all that might be required of them, that Major General Lew Wallace would never suffer grass to grow under the feet of his soldiers, and that Wallace was an excellent officer and idolized by the men.
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 61]

May 2, 1862
Benjamin Eggleston, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter again calling Tod's attention to the subject of a successor to Major [James D.] Wallace, late of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Captain E[dward] M. Carey, Company H, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was the ranking officer, that he learned from the best sources that Carey was in every respect qualified for the command, that Carey presented the highest written recommendations which were on file in the Adjutant General's office, that by appointing Carey to fill the vacancy, Tod would confer a personal favor, and that Carey's appointment would promote the best interests of the service.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 210]

May 2, 1862
H[enry] W. Halleck, Major General Commanding, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee [Shiloh]. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was authorized to call upon Tod for recruits to fill up the volunteer regiments from Ohio in the Department of the Mississippi, that many of these regiments had been reduced by disease and recent battles very far below the minimum standard, that a detail from such regiments would soon be sent to Tod for recruiting service, and that it was hoped Tod would give the matter his immediate attention.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 59]

May 2, 1862
James M. McKelvy, St. Cloud, Minnesota. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that John B. Remeley was a Private in Company A, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was slain in battle in western Virginia during the last winter, that Remeley was a single man and, at the time of his death, there was considerable back pay due him, that his brother, Frank Remeley, lived in St. Cloud and was desirous of securing the amount due his fallen brother, and that Frank Remeley was an honest, upright, and patriotic citizen, though poor and unable to go to much expense in this matter; asking where the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was now so that he could write the Captain of Company A, and what other course was necessary to pursue in order to obtain the back pay or bounty of John B. Remeley deceased; and stating that he hoped to hear from the Adjutant General at an early date.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 57]

May 2, 1862
John N. Mowry, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he had made Hill's acquaintance at Grafton, Virginia, that he had the pleasure of having Hill under his professional care while he was Assistant Surgeon of the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that in August 1861, he was promoted to Surgeon and assigned to the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that on account of some pressing business at home and not feeling well suited in the regiment, he resigned on February 22, 1862, that some six weeks ago, he made known his desire to return to the service as he had relinquished his practice and did not feel like taking it up until the war was over, that for some reason, positions had been given to a great many and he had heard nothing from the Governor or Surgeon General, and that for character and reputation, he could give all the references necessary; citing references regarding his examination when he was promoted; and stating that he was desirous of entering the service again, and that he would look on it as a great favor if Hill would interest himself in the matter.
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 64]

May 2, 1862
Alexander S. Ramsey, Adjutant, 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Zeigler, near Petersburg, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Colonel existed in the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if the Major was promoted, he should be appointed Major, that at different times, he had forwarded to Tod petitions from over five-sixths of the men and officers of the regiment requesting his appointment, that if the rule to be adopted by Tod was carried out, it would entirely cut off all promotion of the Adjutant, that the Adjutant belonged to no company and could therefore not be promoted to a Captaincy, that if the Adjutant could not be appointed Major, then he was entirely isolated, that a man would be foolish to leave the ranks and accept the Adjutancy, because in the ranks he might be rewarded for meritorious services, that he was the first man in Hardin County to call a meeting for the raising of volunteers after the fall of [Fort] Sumter, that they sent two companies in three days after receiving the news, that he assisted in raising two other full companies and several squads attached to companies in other counties, that during the summer, he spent the whole time in recruiting, that he was repeatedly offered the Captaincy of different companies raised in Hardin County, but his friends thought he was unable to stand service upon foot and expected to procure him a different position, that in this they failed, that when the Governor authorized the organization of the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, it was understood, up to within a half hour of making the appointment, that he was to be the Major, that it was, however, arranged differently and the position of Adjutant tendered to him with assurances that he should be promoted to the first vacancy in the field officers, that he accepted the position and labored night and day in recruiting, that they had already furnished over 600 soldiers and they immediately raised over four full companies for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had labored zealously in recruiting and disciplining their regiment, never being absent from it a half day except once travelling upon a written order on business of the regiment, that he could say without egotism, and substantiate it by any citizen of Hardin County, that the regiment would not have been raised except for him, that if, under all these circumstances, he was to be tied up in the position of Adjutant, without prospect of promotion, he thought it was decidedly unfair, and that he thought some respect should be paid to the voice of the regiment which was so decidedly in his favor; and citing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 50]

May 2, 1862
Aquila Wiley, Captain, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that sometime since, in anticipation of a vacancy about to occur in the field of his regiment, all the company officers except three (one of them his junior and the other two his inferiors in rank) signed a recommendation asking for his promotion, that the recommendation was laid before Tod by friends, that Tod assured them that when the vacancy occurred, he would be promoted, that the vacancy did occur and Captain [William R.] Tolles, the ranking Captain, was appointed to fill it, that Tolles had declined the appointment though Tod might not yet have been officially notified of the fact, that by some inexplicable blunder of the clerk who filled out the commissions, Captain [Daniel S.] Leslie and Captain [John H.] Williston still ranked him, that by a reference to the muster rolls, Tod would discover that they had no right to do so as his company was filled to the minimum weeks before theirs were, that Leslie and Williston had signed the recommendation in his favor which was in Tod's possession, that at the battle of Shiloh, by order of Acting Brigadier General [William B.] Hazen, he was Acting Lieutenant Colonel of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was shot down while carrying the colors and leading his regiment in a charge, that Hazen saw fit to make honorable mention of his name in the official report, a copy of which he was enclosing, that he expected to recover from his wound in sixty days and to rejoin his regiment for service, and that when Tod was officially informed of Tolles' declination, he wished to be appointed or not as seen fit. Together with a newspaper clipping containing the official report of Brigadier General [William B.] Hazen on the battle of Pittsburgh Landing [Shiloh].
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 237]

May 2, 1862
R[igdon] Williams, Captain, Company F, et. al., 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Warren, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by seventeen officers of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending William A. Ludlum, 1st Sergeant, Company A, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for promotion; and stating that Ludlum had been with the regiment since its organization and was the ranking 1st Sergeant in it.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 122]

May 3, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending that 1st Sergeant Asa Cassady of Company C, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be promoted to 1st Lieutenant in said company; and stating that 1st Lieutenant [William C.] Godfrey of Company C resigned as requested on April 7 on account of cowardice manifested by him in the battle of that day [Shiloh], that Godfrey's resignation was accepted on April 20, at which time he would recommend that Cassady's promotion bear date, that Cassady was well fitted for the place to which he was recommended, and that Cassady behaved himself gallantly at the late battle [Shiloh], being obliged to assume command of the company on account of the cowardice of Godfrey.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 232]

May 3, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending that 1st Lieutenant Greenbury F. Wiles, Company B, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be appointed Captain of Company C of said regiment; stating that Company C now had no commissioned officer, Captain S[amuel] W. Spencer having been dismissed from the service by order of Major General [Henry] Halleck, and the two Lieutenants having resigned and gone home, their resignations having been accepted by proper authority, that Wiles was an able officer and was the finest and only choice of the company, that Wiles was an accurate tactician, a good disciplinarian, and a man of correct habits, great energy, and courage, and that Wiles had command of Company C since April 16; and recommending that Wiles' promotion bear that date.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 233]

May 4, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Captain E. H[illes] Talley of Company D, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry died at Savannah, Tennessee on April 3, leaving the Captaincy of said company vacant; recommending that 2nd Lieutenant William S. Harlan of Company D be promoted to Captain of said company; stating that he recommended Harlan for promotion to that position instead of 1st Lieutenant [Benjamin A.] Blandy because Harlan was the unanimous choice of the company for Captain, that Blandy had been home sick for over a month and it was quite doubtful whether he intended to join his company again, and that Harlan had command of the company in the late battle [Shiloh] and managed with great skill, coolness, and courage; and suggesting that Harlan's promotion be made to date from April 3, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 234]

May 4, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that should his recommendation to promote 2nd Lieutenant [William S.] Harlan, Company D, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be approved, he would recommend that the vacancy made by said promotion be filled by promoting 1st Sergeant Israel C. Robinson, Company A, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to 2nd Lieutenant of Company D, that Robinson was the unanimous choice of Company D for the place, that Robinson acted in it during the battle of April 7 [Shiloh] with great credit to himself and the company, and that Robinson would make a first class officer.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 235]

March [May] 4, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that provided his recommendation to promote 1st Lieutenant G[reenbury] F. Wiles, Company B, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the Captaincy of Company C, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was followed, it would leave the 1st Lieutenancy in Company B vacant, and that in such case, he would recommend that 2nd Lieutenant Gilbert D. Munson, Company B, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be promoted to 1st Lieutenant in said company.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 236]

May 4, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that should his recommendation to promote 2nd Lieutenant G[ilbert] D. Munson, Company B, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be accepted, he would recommend that 1st Sergeant George W. Porter, Company B be promoted to the office of 2nd Lieutenant in said company to fill the place that would be left vacant by the promotion of Munson.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 236]

May 4, 1862
"A Soldier", 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Ft. Donelson, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that by request of his fellow soldiers, he was writing regarding their true condition after passing through the heaviest battle [Shiloh] that had ever been fought on the American continent, that by the cowardice of their Colonel [Rodney Mason], they were sent to Ft. Donelson where they were neglected by their officers and swindled by their commissaries, that while they lay at Ft. Donelson in the midst of secessiondom, their officers could leave them and revel at balls and parties, that at the same time, there were those who surrounded them, taunted them, and threatened to assassinate them in the dead of night, that the health of their troops was very poor, that their quarters and hospitals swarmed with the sick, that daily death occurred among them, that they had received no pay and many of their families were suffering at home for the means of support, and that discontent had grown among them.
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 18]

May 4, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Special Orders No. 39; stating that the resignations of Captain I[saac] M. Kirby, Company D, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Captain James B. Brown, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect on May 4, 1862. By command of Major General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 22]

May 5, 1862
E.C. Baldwin, Charles F. Wilstach, and Charles R. Fosdick, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Major E.V. Brookfield as a suitable person for commandant of the post at Camp Dennison; and stating that their names were not attached to a former petition in favor of Brookfield, signed by several members of their commission, as they had been absent at Pittsburgh Landing [Shiloh].
1 p. [Series 147-33: 14]

May 5, 1862
C.L. Boalt, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter enclosing a copy of a letter written by him to the Honorable S.T. Worcester, his old law partner, in behalf of Colonel [Ralph P.] Buckland; and stating that he did so expressing his own views and the wishes of the friends of Buckland in having him appointed a Brigadier and to ask what was being done in that respect, and that Tod would confer a favor by expressing his wishes upon this subject, officially or otherwise, to the authorities at Washington.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 45]

[May 5, 1862]
[C.L. Boalt, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To the Honorable S.T. Worcester]. Copy of a letter stating that on Saturday, he went to Fremont at the request of [Ralph P.] Buckland's friends who were very earnest in urging his appointment as Brigadier, that Dr. Rawson had just returned from Pittsburgh Landing [Shiloh] and was pretty well informed upon the incidents of the battle and the part Buckland bore in it, that Buckland commanded the 4th Brigade in General [William T.] Sherman's division, that they had not seen Sherman's report and did not know if it was yet made, but it was quite confidently believed by Buckland's friends that he would be mentioned in it with approbation, that they knew from the telegraph that General [Henry] Halleck attributed the success of the Union forces in the battle of Shiloh to the part taken in it by Sherman, that they had been informed that Buckland seconded the exertions of Sherman with great courage and bravery and that he was in the thickest of the fight on Sunday when their forces were borne down by numbers and the furious onset of the rebels, that these services should be acknowledged by appointing Buckland permanently to the command which he had held temporarily on that day, that this would be but reasonable and the whole of their part of the country, where Buckland's worth as a man and his services in the field were known and acknowledged, would receive it as a just tribute to his merit, and that it was expected and desired that Worcester would show this letter to colleagues and take such measures as deemed best to effect the object in view.
3 pp. [Series 147-33: 45]

May 5, 1862
Henry B. Curtis, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he understood there was a vacancy in the office of Major in the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Captain George Rogers of the same regiment for nomination and appointment to that post; and stating that he knew Rogers well, that Rogers had grown up from boyhood in Mount Vernon, studied law, and was admitted to practice, that the war breaking out, Rogers directed his attention to the service of his country in the military, that Rogers served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that at the end of that time, Rogers raised the company of which he was now Captain, and that Rogers had a fine military spirit, had industriously and successfully applied himself to learn the duties of his new profession, bore himself gallantly at the battle of Pittsburgh Landing [Shiloh], and withal was a man of high moral character and a perfect gentleman. Bears the endorsements of R.C. Hurd and John W. Russell.
2 pp. [Series 147-33: 114]

May 5, 1862
John W. Fuller, Colonel, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, near Farmington, Mississippi. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in accordance with Buckingham's suggestion, he was returning two of the appointments sent him, that Lieutenant [Albert R.] Austin had tendered his resignation and by order of General [Henry] Halleck, it took effect on April 26, 1862, and that the vacancies then existing in the regiment were one Captain and two Lieutenants; recommending various promotions; and stating that they were in front of the enemy's position, expecting daily to advance on him, that he sincerely trusted that the regiment would give a good account of itself, and that since the regiment's good conduct at New Madrid, he would be as disappointed as he would be chagrined if it failed to do its whole duty.
1 p. [Series 147-33: 126]