April 9, 1862
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Shiloh, near Pittsburgh, Tennessee. To Sir. Official copy of an extract from a letter stating that in case 2nd Lieutenant Henry Sherman of Company D, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was dropped (mustered out), he recommended Sergeant Major Arthur H. Humiston for the place.
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April 12, 1862
Joel Haines, Captain, Company C, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, West Middleburg, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there was a vacancy in his company by the resignation of Joseph H. Pool, that he supposed the official report of the fact had not yet come to Buckingham's office though he hoped it might come soon, that he had to leave his company and return home to recruit up his health as he had been very sick, that he was on the mend again, that his company had only a 2nd Lieutenant in command and he was a 2nd Sergeant out of Company F, that this gave great confusion as there were a number of men in his company who were far superior in several ways and certain in military tactics, that it was his wish for the good of the company and the wish of the boys that Caleb B. Sharp, the present Orderly Sergeant, be promoted to fill the vacancy, that Sharp was a good man, that Sharp had made a great sacrifice of business to go into the service, and that it was very unpleasant for Sharp to be superceded by a Sergeant lower in rank and out of a junior company.
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April 14, 1862
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Shiloh, near Pittsburgh, Tennessee River. To Captain N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing. Letter recommending the appointment of Sergeant Presley McCafferty as 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to fill a vacancy caused by the promotion of 2nd Lieutenant Robert J. Irwin. Bears a note dated April 17, 1862, from McLean, referring the letter to the Governor of Ohio with the recommendation that the promotion be granted. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
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April 14, 1862
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Shiloh, near Pittsburg, Tennessee River. To Captain N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburgh Landing. Letter recommending the appointment of Sergeant Major Arthur H. Humiston as 2nd Lieutenant, Company D, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in place of Lieutenant Henry Sherman. Bears a note dated April 17, 1862, from McLean, referring the letter to the Governor of Ohio with the recommendation that the promotion be granted. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
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April 14, 1862
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Shiloh, near Pittsburgh, Tennessee River. To Captain N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of the Mississippi, Pittsburg Landing. Letter recommending the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant Robert J. Irwin as 1st Lieutenant, Company C, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieutenant C[onrad] Garris. Bears a note dated April 17, 1862, from McLean, referring the letter to the Governor of Ohio with the recommendation that the promotion be granted. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
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April 17, 1862
R[ichard] D. Harrison, House of Representatives, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter enclosing a letter from Captain W[illiam] R. Monroe of the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry objecting to the appointment of Adjutant C[ushman] Cunningham as Major; and asking that the letter might be filed and considered at the proper time.
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April 19, 1862
W.F. Bloor, McDowell, [Virginia]. To Friend Nevins. Letter stating that the appointment for the vacancy in the company in which he was enrolled, about which he wrote some time since, had been made, that a young man by the name of Whitcraft was the selection at home, that he was somewhat surprised inasmuch as a positive promise had been made Judge Okey by the Governor that his interest would be remembered at the earliest moment, that the Governor's attention had lately been called to the matter by Okey and others with letters of credit from his regimental officers, that the thing was done so far as his company was concerned for the present and the only chance now open was to strike for some other, and that there were now vacancies of 1st Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant in Company F, a vacancy in Company G, and a tender of resignation in the same company; asking, if the Governor was sincere in his promise, why not fill one of these vacancies; and stating that resignations were the order of the day, now, as the enemy was in sight, but considering the material of the majority of their officers, not to be wondered at, that apprehensions were momently entertained of an attack by the enemy reported as eight thousand strong and eleven miles from McDowell, and that they were strongly entrenched on the Shenandoah mountains and a lively time was anticipated by the boys ere long.
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April 21, 1862
James McDonald, 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Shiloh, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Sergeant Wallace Hoge of Company H, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a young man who would do honor to any commission Tod might give him; and stating that he had been acquainted with Hoge for some time and knew him to be a young man of undoubted courage, patriotism, and virtue, that Hoge had been in service ever since the formation of the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Chase, and that Hoge was a well drilled and well disciplined soldier. Also signed by Nat[haniel] Potter, Lieutenant Commanding, Company H, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and E[dward] P. Fyffe, Colonel, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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April 22, 1862
E[dward] P. Fyffe, Colonel, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending promotions and appointments for 2nd Lieutenant Nathaniel Potter to be 1st Lieutenant, Company H, Quartermaster Sergeant James A. Barr to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, Sergeant Ben[jamin] F. Grafton to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, and Sergeant James G. Morrow to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company G; stating that the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was at present in very great need of company officers, there being only ten for duty at that time, that General [Don Carlos] Buell had approved the appointments and assigned said individuals to duty with the companies named, and that said individuals were now filling the offices to which they had been assigned; and asking Buckingham's early attention toward having them properly commissioned.
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April 22, 1862
E[mulous] A. Hicks, Captain, Company I, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that Quartermaster Sergeant James A. Barr of the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be appointed 2nd Lieutenant in Company I. Bears the approval of E[dward] P. Fyffe, Colonel, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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April 22, 1862
Samuel C. Rook, Captain, Company G, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending 1st Sergeant James G. Morrow to be 2nd Lieutenant in Company G, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the approval of E[dward] P. Fyffe, Colonel, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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April 22, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Field of Shiloh. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Special Orders No. 29; stating that the named persons, having been nominated to the Governor of Ohio for promotion in the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, were hereby assigned to duty according to the rank to which they were nominated, that 2nd Lieutenant Nat[haniel] Potter was to be 1st Lieutenant, Company H, that Quartermaster Sergeant James A. Barr was to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, that Sergeant Ben[jamin] F. Grafton was to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, and that Sergeant James G. Morrow was to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company G. By command of Major General [Don Carlos] Buell.
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April 23, 1862
John H. James, Jr., Captain, Company A, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. To Colonel E[dward] P. Fyffe, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Letter recommending 1st Sergeant Lyman B. Foster for promotion to a 2nd Lieutenancy on the first vacancy in his company. Bears the approval of Fyffe.
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April 25, 1862
Walden Kelly, 2nd Sergeant, et. al., Company E, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp on Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Colonel E[dward] P. Fyffe. Letter signed by fifty-seven members of Company E, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting that Fyffe use his influence to secure the promotion of S[amuel] H. Hamilton to 1st Lieutenant of Company E; and stating that they had unbounded confidence in Hamilton as a man and an officer, that Hamilton's connection with the company had been in every way satisfactory to them, and that they considered Hamilton a man worthy of and qualified for the office of 1st Lieutenant. Bears a note from W[illiam] H. Green, 1st Sergeant certifying that the signatures were all put down voluntarily and that each man fully understood the purpose for which the document was intended; endorsing the document; and stating that those who signed represented the full strength of the company.
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April 26, 1862
Charles C. Aleshire, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was Captain of Company G, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that in consequence of being detained in the service longer than the term of enlistment, he did not recruit a company for the three years' service being unable to get men, that Lieutenant Hatch of Meigs County was also in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and was now anxious to enter the service again, that together they could recruit a No. 1 company in Gallia County and Meigs County, and that he was writing to ascertain if it would be possible for them to obtain an order to recruit a company for some regiment being raised; assuring Tod that the company, after recruited, would bear inspection; providing references; and stating that Tod would confer a great favor by giving him an opportunity to again enter the service.
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April 27, 1862
E[dward] P. Fyffe, Colonel, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Major General D[on] C[arlos] Buell, Commanding Army of the Ohio. Letter asking that Buell approve the promotions and appointments of 2nd Lieutenant James R. Warner to be 1st Lieutenant, Company E, and Corporal Francis M. Williams to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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April 27, 1862
E[dward] P. Fyffe, Colonel, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending the promotions and appointments of 2nd Lieutenant James R. Warner to be 1st Lieutenant, Company E, and Corporal Francis M. Williams to be 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that General [Don Carlos] Buell had approved said promotions and assigned the officers named to duty with their respective companies.
1 p. [Series 147-35: 208]

April 27, 1862
R[obert] W.P. Muse, Captain, Company A, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp "Cumberland Ford", Knox County, Kentucky. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was advised by some of his friends that, upon examination of the books in Columbus, he was designated as Number 3 in ranking position among the Captains in the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and that it would be well if he wrote to Tod upon the subject, and that he had supposed the question was settled in his favor and that there was no longer a question about it; and giving a statement of the facts in the case.
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April 28, 1862
A[rmstead] T.M. Cockerill, Captain, Company D, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Field of Shiloh, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant for Sergeant David Thomas of Company D, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that there was a vacancy for that office in said company. Bears the approval of Fred[erick] C. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and J[acob] Ammen, Colonel, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding 10th Brigade.
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April 28, 1862
B.A.F. Greer, 1st Lieutenant, Company E, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Shiloh, near Pittsburg, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the resignation of Captain William Rogers, Company A, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry left a vacancy which, by virtue of a general order from the Adjutant General's office, he was entitled to fill being senior 1st Lieutenant of the regiment, and that he had no other means than this of calling Buckingham's attention to his rights.
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April 28, 1862
David J. Higgins, Captain, Company C, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp in field of Shiloh. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending William C. Beck, 1st Sergeant of Company C, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a suitable person to be promoted to the office of 2nd Lieutenant in said regiment; and requesting that Beck be assigned to said Company C in place of Dewitt C. Wadsworth promoted to 1st Lieutenant in said company. Bears a note from Fred[erick] C. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; approving the recommendation; and requesting that the appointment be made. Also bears the approval of J[acob] Ammen, Colonel, Commanding 10th Brigade.
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April 28, 1862
N.P. Loomis, Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To the Honorable C.H. Babcock, House of Representatives, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter stating that he received a communication from Captain S[elleck] B. Warren, Company I, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry informing him that there had been or was to be a vacancy of 2nd Lieutenant in Company I and desiring him to use his influence to secure the appointment of Sergeant E[dward] A. Abbott of Company I, that he knew very little about such things, but it occurred to him that Babcock might be able to effect something in the matter, that Warren was a stranger to him, that Abbott was a neighbor of his who he thought was worthy of promotion and would distinguish himself if given an opportunity, and that there was not the slightest doubt of Abbott's ability, loyalty, and devotion to the Government.
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April 28, 1862
J[ames] P. McIlrath, Captain, Company A, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp No. 3, Shady Springs, Raleigh County, Western Virginia. To ? Letter certifying that Sheridan E. Bull was and had been a member of his company since its organization in April of 1861; and stating that in view of Bull's promptness and willingness in doing his duty truly and faithfully as a soldier, he could recommend him as worthy and capable of holding a commission as Lieutenant in the volunteer service, that Bull had been in the service upwards of one year and all of that time a non-commissioned officer, and that Bull had the experience and practice which should entitle him to the position recommended. Bears the endorsement of R[utherford] B. Hayes, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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April 28, 1862
Paul Spohn, Lieutenant, Commanding Company H, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Field of Shiloh. To ? Letter recommending August Draeger, 2nd Sergeant of Company H for promotion. Bears a note from Fred[erick] C. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; approving and recommending that Draeger be appointed to fill the vacancy; and stating that Draeger had sole charge of his company for nearly a month past and had discharged the duties of company commander in addition to those of 1st Sergeant with ability, and that Draeger would make a good officer. Also bears the approval of J[acob] Ammen, Colonel, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding 10th Brigade.
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April 28, 1862
Uzziel Stevens, 1st Lieutenant, Commanding Company K, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Field of Shiloh. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Private Andrew J. Garrison of Company K for an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant, believing him fully competent for the office vacated by John Acker promoted; and stating that Garrison was the first Orderly Sergeant in the company and served until September 2, 1861, at which time he was elected 1st Lieutenant by the company, that Garrison acted in said capacity until October 16, 1861, at which time the election was found to be void and he was reduced to the ranks, and that the office of 1st Sergeant had been filled, but Garrison had been acting 1st Sergeant for the last two months by reason of the 1st Sergeant being on detached service and other Sergeants unfit for duty.
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April 28, 1862
W.B. Sturges, Captain, Company A, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Field of Shiloh. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending 1st Sergeant David A. Merrill of Company A for an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant, believing him to be fully competent for an officer's position. Bears the approvals of Fred[erick] C. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and J[acob] Ammen, Colonel, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Commanding 10th Brigade.
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April 29, 1862
Fred[erick] C. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Field of Shiloh. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter transmitting recommendations of the Sergeants, in their respective companies, for vacant Lieutenancies; and stating that some of those named had been previously recommended, that he forwarded them again, earnestly desiring that the vacancies be filled immediately as their regiment was sadly in need of officers at present, that they had a number absent on detached services, four absent, wounded, and three present who were sick and unfit for duty, that 2nd Lieutenant J.K. Jones had resigned on account of his bad health and gave promise of making an efficient officer, that the regiment was in fair condition and behaved well in the action of April 6 and 7 [Shiloh], and that he believed the regiment's conduct met with the approbation of the Generals commanding.
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May 1, 1862
E[lliott] W. Hollingsworth, Lieutenant Colonel, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, 11th Brigade, General Crittenden's Division. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that by the unanimous consent of the officers, Reverend John B. Smith had been chosen Chaplain of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and recommending that Smith's commission be immediately furnished him bearing the date of May 1, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-35: 128]

May 2, 1862
Joshua H. Bates, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Honorable William Dennison. Letter stating that he took the liberty of troubling Dennison in reference to a matter concerning one of his army friends, that he felt Dennison had always manifested a disinterested desire to do for the good of their service whatever was in his power, that by the promotion of [Jacob] Ammen of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the Colonelcy of that regiment became vacant, that Lieutenant Colonel Fred[erick] C. Jones of that regiment was well qualified for promotion to fill the vacancy, that Jones had been in command of the regiment since he joined it, that Jones led the regiment into battle at Shiloh, behaved gallantly, and was popular with the regiment, that it had been intimated to him that an effort would be made to secure the position for another person, and that as it would be unjust to supercede Jones and a deep mortification to him, he would ask Dennison's influence on Jones' behalf.
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May 2, 1862
J.W. Caldwell, St. Louis, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that being a son of the Buckeye State, he desired to wipe out the stain of cowardice charged upon the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that should Dennison desire the material to have that done, he wished the opportunity to lead the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry into battle, that if the regiment did not show a full hand, he would not charge a cent for the fun, that there was a great secret in knowing how to make brave men out of cowards, that he would bet high that the Colonel would acquit himself in a proper and becoming manner if taking a place in the ranks, that he was naturally a modest man, that he did not wish to sound his own trumpet, that he had smelled powder and felt the enemy's lead, that for further information, Dennison should refer to the citizens of Piqua, Ohio, and that his qualifications, with a review, would be amply sufficient for the duty.
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