July 8, 1862
A.S. Hall, Cleveland Depot Dining Hall, Wheeler & Russell, Proprietors, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he telegraphed the previous week from Cleveland for recruiting orders to be sent to Judge Vail and John T. Philpot of Cleveland, intending thereby that each should recruit a company and command them, that Vail and Philpot were excellent material for Captains and had the ability to raise companies beyond that of any others in Cleveland, and that Tod would do him a great favor by issuing to Vail and Philpot such orders as would allow them to recruit as Captains and authorize them to solicit Lieutenants.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 26]

July 8, 1862
S.R. Harris, et. al., Military Committee of Crawford County, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that E.B. Finley, Lieutenant in the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had made application to Tod for an appointment in one of the new regiments now organizing, that they took pleasure in testifying to Finley's personal merits and his efficiency and energy as an officer, and that they would recommend Finley as well qualified to fill any position Tod might see proper to give him. Bears an endorsement signed by seven individuals.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 56]

July 8, 1862
A[lexander] McD[owell] McCook, Brigadier General, Headquarters, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending William McComey of Cincinnati for an appointment as Lieutenant in the volunteer service of Ohio; and stating that McComey was in the three months' service and had been with him during the campaign in the southwest, and that McComey was a gallant young gentleman and worthy of the commission sought for him.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 42]

July 8, 1862
A[lexander] McD[owell] McCook, Brigadier General, Commanding 2nd Division, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Private John Marshall of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a soldier eminently worthy of promotion; and stating that Marshall served gallantly and nobly in the battle of Shiloh and distinguished himself as a brave and meritorious soldier, and that he believed Marshall's promotion would be of decided and substantial benefit to the service. Letter written in Marshall's hand.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 52]

July 8, 1862
William S. Pierson, Major, Commanding Hoffman's Battalion, Headquarters, Depot, Prisoners of War, near Sandusky, Ohio [Johnson's Island]. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter requesting twelve blank monthly post returns for the use of that post.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 159]

July 8, 1862
T.W. Powell, et. al., Military Committee for Delaware County, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending George W. Hall of Delaware as a very suitable person to receive a commission to recruit a company for the service; and stating that Hall was a lawyer in good standing and was in every way entitled to this confidence if he chose to receive it, and that as Hall had intimated a wish to serve the country in this way, the committee were happy to have this opportunity to recommend it as a good appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 50]

July 8, 1862
A.S. Ramsey, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending Nelson G. Franklin of Marion County, Ohio and Erastus F. Smith of the same place as suitable persons to be appointed 1st Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant respectively; and stating that they were young men of indomitable energy who would be able to fill up a company within thirty days, that they wished to be left unassigned so that in the event of a failure to fill any of the companies in the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they could be assigned to said regiment, and that they belonged to his immediate neighborhood and he was exceedingly anxious to have them in his regiment. Bears a note from Benjamin P. Runkle requesting that Franklin be assigned to Captain Taylor's company and that Smith be assigned to Captain Marsh's company.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 31]

July 8, 1862
William St. Clair, M.D., Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter introducing Captain J. Kent Seaman who had been in the three months' service and now wished to raise a company of men for the war; and stating that he had been acquainted with Seaman for the past fifteen years and always found him to be an honorable and upright man in all business transactions, and that Tod could have confidence in Seaman.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 45]

July 8, 1862
Lot L. Smith, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter introducing his friend, Charles Ashton of Nelsonville, who desired the appointment of recruiting officer; and stating that Ashton would present Tod with a recommendation, the statements of which he knew to be true, that much more might have been said in Ashton's favor, and that from Ashton's liberality and energy in the cause of the Union and his good standing and extensive influence in the community, he knew of no man in Athens County who merited more or was better suited for the position in question.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 55]

July 8, 1862
J[onah] R. Taylor, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter requesting the appointment of C.G. Rogers as Major of his regiment; and stating that he would hold the appointment until July 20, as Rogers was to bring 101 men into camp by that day, that if Rogers failed to do so, he would return said appointment, and that the men were to come from another state.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 156]

July 8, 1862
James Tripp, et. al., Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by five individuals; stating that they were personally acquainted with Lieutenant Henry L. Barris and believed him to be a suitable person to recruit and command a company; and recommending Barris to Tod's favorable consideration.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 46]

July 8, 1862
N. Tucker, Late Captain, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the bearer, Charles Cogin, to be worthy of a commission as a recruiting Lieutenant; and stating that Tod could rely on Cogin as a moral, industrious, and energetic young man, that being a railroad mechanic, Cogin had an influence over many employees who would make good soldiers, and that if the Quartermaster General would furnish Cogin with uniforms, it would assist greatly in insuring his success.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 49]

July 8, 1862
H. Vinal, Chairman, Military Committee of Clark County, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, A.A. Blount, was visiting Columbus for the purpose of procuring a Captain's commission to recruit a company of artillery for the three years' service, that Blount assisted in recruiting Captain H.B. White's 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery now in service and was a Lieutenant in said company, that he understood that while in service, Blount was a very efficient officer, and that he had no doubt that Blount would discharge the duties of the office sought with credit to himself and honor to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 29]

July 9, 1862
Augustus Abbott, et. al., Monroe, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Gentlemen of the Military Committee of Ashtabula County. Letter signed by eleven individuals; and stating that the bearer, E.A. Spaulding, was a young man of staunch integrity and very marked ability, that it was with pleasure that they learned of Spaulding's intention to apply for a commission as a recruiting Lieutenant, considering him to be eminently fitted for a command in the volunteer army of the United States, that in response to the first call of the President, Spaulding enlisted and served with credit during the three months' campaign in eastern Virginia, that Spaulding was present at the battle of [First] Bull Run and received the commendations of his superior officers for coolness and good conduct upon that occasion, that Spaulding thus acquired some of that experience and discipline so necessary to those who would hold command in their volunteer force, that Spaulding's popularity in his native town and vicinity gave assurance that he would soon succeed in securing the requisite number of men of the best stamp to entitle him to the command of a company, and that from long and intimate personal acquaintance with Spaulding, they earnestly recommended him to the committee's favorable consideration, special encouragement, and active and energetic assistance. Bears a note from Darius Cadwell and Abner Kellogg, to Governor David Tod; recommending the appointment of E.A. Spaulding as a Lieutenant in the volunteer service, being fully satisfied that he was worthy and competent.
3 pp. [Series 147-38: 72]

July 9, 1862
Thomas C. Boone, Member of the Columbiana County Military Committee, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he received Tod's proclamation of July 3, and in answer would say that he was willing and ready all the time to do anything he could for prosecuting the war until all rebels were extinct and would do all in his power to raise men to respond to Tod's call, that there were two things which should be remedied in Columbiana County before recruiting for three years could be effective, that there was a want of proper energy on the part of the military committee in Columbiana County with but two exceptions, or at least it was so on Tod's three months' call a few weeks since, that this should be remedied by having working and efficient men to assist recruiting officers, that he hoped Tod would make such arrangements, and that they had no recruiting officers in the area and should have at least one immediately; recommending the bearer, J.W. McConnell, for recruiting officer in that section; and stating that McConnell had been in the service and resigned on account of poor health, that McConnell's health had now been partially restored, that he had known McConnell from boyhood, and that he had no hesitation in recommending him as a suitable person for said position.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 73]

July 9, 1862
L.C. Brown, Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that Washington Garnhart of Company H, 84th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was able for duty, and that Garnhart was absent on sick furlough when his company left.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 41]

July 9, 1862
L.C. Brown, Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that he had discharged J.F. Smith of Company C, 88th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the hospital to rejoin his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 43]

July 9, 1862
L.C. Brown, Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that he had discharged W.J. Terrell, J.K. Elder, Abram Dennis, and T.C. Phinney of Company B, Company G, and Company I, 87th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the hospital to rejoin their regiment, and that when their regiment left, they were sick in the hospital.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 44]

July 9, 1862
Henry B. Curtis, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, Jesse T. Burr, was a respectable and worthy young man from Mount Vernon, and that Burr graduated at Gambier [Kenyon College] in the class of 1861; and recommending Burr as a suitable young gentleman to be appointed to a Lieutenancy with a view to enlisting a company in Knox County for one of the proposed new regiments.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 59]

July 9, 1862
William Holden, Captain, and Assistant Quartermaster, U.S. A., Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter requesting the various orders in reference to recruiting, of the state of Ohio.
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July 9, 1862
R.C. Hurd, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, J[esse] T. Burr, was a young gentleman of excellent capacity, liberal education, true courage, great energy, and good judgment, and was full of patriotic ardor, that Burr desired a recruiting Lieutenant's commission and if he obtained it, would devote himself earnestly and doubtless successfully to the business of obtaining recruits for the war, and that he hoped the commission might be given to Burr.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 62]

July 9, 1862
Thomas McIntyre, Late Chaplain of the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Piketon, Pike County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that this was the third time he had written for a copy of his appointment in the army, that Hill answered his first letter by requesting him to give his recruiting station, etc., which he did, that he had received no answer, that he hoped Hill would be kind enough to answer as he was much in need of his pay, that he had gone to considerable expense in the service and was still unfit for business, that he had received no pay yet, that his resignation was caused by sickness, that he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on October 18, 1861, that his recruiting station was Piketon, Ohio and his boundary included Pike County, Jackson County, and Lawrence County, that on December 13, 1861, he was appointed Chaplain of the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was sworn in on December 28, 1861, and that he wrote because he lost all his papers at Pittsburgh Landing [Shiloh]; and asking to whom he should apply for his pay.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 91]

July 9, 1862
John Marshall, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was a Private in Company E, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was detailed in May last to serve with Captain Mendenhall's battery, having formerly served ten years in the artillery in the British army, that he was now at home on furlough, that he was 47 years of age, a resident of Dayton, was a naturalized citizen, and had resided in the United States for sixteen years, and that he was asking for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in one of the Ohio regiments and would prefer the artillery arm where he could be most useful; enclosing papers from General McCook and Captain Mendenhall; and stating that as his furlough expired on July 20, he was asking for a reply within that time.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 51]

July 9, 1862
S. Meyers, Member of the Military Committee, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending his friend and the bearer, Jesse K. Coates, long a resident of Marlborough Township in Stark County and a prominent and leading Union Democrat; and stating that at the urgent request of many warm friends who would render Coates all the assistance they could, he was desirous to raise a company of volunteers under the late call and to obtain the necessary commission for that purpose, that he had every confidence in the patriotism, integrity, and zeal of Coates in the cause of the Union and the country, that considering Coates' ability and influence, he would in the strongest manner urge the propriety of his appointment as a recruiting officer to raise a company, and that he was satisfied that Coates would not fail to succeed in his undertaking if so commissioned.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 64]

July 9, 1862
Ferd[inand] F. Rempel, Lieutenant Colonel and Provost Marshal, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter introducing his old business friend, Charles Ashton of Nelsonville, Ohio; and stating that Ashton was one of the first in the Hocking Valley to rally to the support of their Government, that Ashton desired a commission as recruiting officer, that a more efficient, influential, energetic, and reliable gentleman did not reside in the Hocking Valley, that Ashton was well known throughout the southern portion of the state, and that any kindness Tod might exhibit towards Ashton would be duly appreciated by the citizens of Athens County, Hocking County, and adjoining counties.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 58]

July 9, 1862
James Rowe, President, et. al., Ross County Military Committee, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the appointments of Felix Renick as Captain, Allison Looker Brown as 1st Lieutenant, and Frederick K. Focke as 2nd Lieutenant of infantry to be raised for one of the new regiments; and stating that Renick and Focke had been connected with the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Brown had been connected with the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since the regiments were organized, that they were young men of exemplary habits, and had energy and capacity, and that they were just such men as the good of the service required at that time.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 63]

July 9, 1862
Benjamin P. Runkle, Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Buckeye Regiment), Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter recommending John N. Holloway of Darke County, Ohio for the appointment of 1st Lieutenant to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Irving N. Starrett.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 48]

July 9, 1862
George B. Senter, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, W.W. Hutchins, thought he could, with the aid of Messrs. Burt and Holt, recruit a company for the three years' service, that he knew these men well and believed they would do what they promised, and that Hutchins had been with the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and was a good soldier and reliable man. Bears endorsements.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 53]

July 9, 1862
J.W. Vance, J.S. Davis, and C.H. Scribner, Knox County Military Committee, Knox County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that Jesse T. Burr of Knox County was an applicant for a commission to recruit a company in Knox County under the late call of the President, and that Burr was personally known to them all and they took great pleasure in cordially commending his application to the favorable consideration of the Executive.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 60]

July 10, 1862
Lewis A. Atkinson, Lieutenant, Jackson Court House, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that since his order of July 8 to recruit in Vinton County for the 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Portsmouth, he learned that Vinton County was taken from the district, and that if this was correct, he wished to have Jackson County making Jackson Court House his headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 81]