July 14, 1862
F.C. Searl, et. al., Military Committee of Scioto County, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To ? Letter recommending Jacob Caldwell as a suitable person for Captain of a company for the 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 152]

July 14, 1862
William H. Searles, and S.E. DeWolfe, Military Committee of Marion County, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the Honorable John Bartram, S.D. Bates, and Colonel E. Messenger for the vacancies existing in their committee.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 169]

July 14, 1862
S.H. Slater, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To General. Letter tendering his resignation as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to take effect on July 14, 1862. Bears the approval of Ben[jamin] P. Runkle, Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 169]

July 14, 1862
Edwin Smith, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that last winter, Tod had given him a letter to the Secretary of War for a Lieutenant's commission in the regular army for his son, Edwin B. Smith, that he had not as yet received any response, that he was making a personal appeal to Tod on his son's behalf for an appointment as Adjutant or 1st Lieutenant in one of the new regiments now forming, and that he assured Tod that his son was in every way well qualified for either of the stated positions.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 143]

July 14, 1862
Henry Smith, President Pro Tem, and J. Buckingham, Secretary, Military Committee of Licking County, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter recommending William Spencer and Darwin White for appointments to recruit volunteers in Licking County.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 93]

July 14, 1862
Albion W. Tourgee, 1st Lieutenant, and E. Abbott Spaulding, 2nd Lieutenant, 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Monroe, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that they had arrived at their station; submitting a daily report; stating that they had consulted with Captain Crowell, who was previously appointed, and found him willing to unite with them; requesting that Crowell be assigned to their regiment and company to cooperate with them; asking if they might unite with Crowell and only send one daily report from the company; and stating that a part of them must be most of the time in the southern part of the county and could not report more often than twice a week.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 140]

July 14, 1862
H. Vinal, Chairman, and J.K. Mower, Secretary Pro Tem, Clark County Military Committee, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter recommending William S. Meranda as a suitable person for Captain of a company of infantry to be recruited in Clark County for the 94th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and William A. Hathaway for 1st Lieutenant and Thomas Jefferson Weakley for 2nd Lieutenant in the same company.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 98]

July 14, 1862
H. Vinal, Chairman, and J.K. Mower, Secretary Pro Tem, Clark County War Committee, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter recommending Perry Stewart as a suitable person to recruit a company of infantry; commending Stewart as a proper person for a Captain's commission; and recommending Hezekiah Kershner as a proper person for 1st Lieutenant in Stewart's company, and Amaziah Winger as a suitable person for 2nd Lieutenant in said company.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 106]

July 15, 1862
Samuel J. Brent, 2nd Lieutenant, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that in compliance with the order stated in the enclosed note from Lieutenant Pratt of his company, he was now at Camp Dennison in command of his company; asking if the Adjutant General approved or disapproved of his obedience to the command; requesting that the Adjutant General return the enclosed from Pratt; and stating that if a special order was necessary, he wished the Adjutant General to issue it to him.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 158]

July 15, 1862
L.C. Brown, Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that he had examined Charles Clutz of Company H, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry who had been absent from his regiment on sick leave, and found him able to return to duty; and stating that Clutz would, therefore, join the regiment at its headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 144]

July 15, 1862
L.C. Brown, Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that he had examined W[illiam] H. Bazell of Company H, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry who had been absent from his regiment on sick leave, and found him able to return to duty; and stating that Bazell would, therefore, join the regiment at its headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 146]

July 15, 1862
L.C. Brown, Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that he had examined Martin Corbin of Company H, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry who had been absent from his regiment on sick leave, and found him able to return to duty; and stating that Corbin would, therefore, join the regiment at its headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 146]

July 15, 1862
Charles Cogin, Captain, 99th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lima, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, Robert Bruce Drake, had been selected by him as 2nd Lieutenant of his company; and asking that Drake be duly appointed as such and mustered in as soon as possible that he might assist in recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 99]

July 15, [1862]
George R. Elstner, Adjutant, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter accepting the position of Adjutant of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 160]

July 15, 1862
W.E. Fowler, Captain, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter recommending H[enry] C. Sweet to Hill's favorable consideration as a suitable person for an appointment as 1st Lieutenant; and stating that he would like to have Sweet assigned to his company, that he would also like to have S.H. Sim appointed as his 2nd Lieutenant, and that he had eleven men.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 155]

July 15, 1862
Ben[jamin] 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 the appointment of William Rhoads as 2nd Lieutenant in the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in place of Samuel H. Slater resigned; and stating that Rhoads was to recruit in Champaign County, Clark County, and Miami County.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 99]

July 15, 1862
Ben[jamin] P. Runkle, Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Buckeye Regiment), Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter recommending the appointment of Jeremiah H. Gest of Green County as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in place of Wolfkill resigned.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 100]

July 15, 1862
John L. Semple, Captain, 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting the appointment of Francis M. Thomas as 1st Lieutenant of his company. Bears a note from George B. Senter stating that Thomas was in the three months' service, and was well qualified for the position sought; and recommending Thomas' appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 147]

July 15, 1862
John L. Semple, Captain, 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting the appointment of John F. Kennedy as 2nd Lieutenant of his company. Bears a note from George B. Senter stating that he knew Kennedy well and thought him well qualified for the position sought; and recommending Kennedy's appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 150]

July 15, 1862
George B. Senter, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that George W. Tibbetts, Charles E. Sargeant, and Levi Scofield of Cleveland thought they could recruit a company for the 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had no doubt they could do so as readily as any three young men in Cleveland, that Tibbetts and Scofield were in the three months' service and had the reputation of being first class soldiers, that he knew the three were first class young men, and that for the good of the service, he hoped they might be appointed to the positions sought.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 153]

July 15, 1862
George B. Senter, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, Charles F. Dunbars of Brecksville, thought he could recruit thirty men for the three years' service, that Dunbars was recommended to him, and that he thought Dunbars was well qualified for the position of 1st Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 154]

July 15, 1862
J[onah] R. Taylor, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Friend Miller. Letter requesting that one of his Captains be marked as resigned, and that the appointment of C.G. Rogers for Major be sent at once; and stating that he was making a large point in the matter as to his recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 157]

July 16, 1862
W.F. Hubbard, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he was returning the form filled out for John Flannagan, Private, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Flannagan bore a furlough according to which he had been furnished with subsistence to June 22, 1862, that Flannagan was therefore entitled to pay from November 25, 1861 and subsistence allowance from June 22 to time of discharge, that Flannagan having been mustered for pay commutation, etc., he wished to know if it would be necessary for Flannagan to present himself at Columbus, that Flannagan preferred getting his pay and discharge sent to Ashtabula, and that Flannagan was willing to enter service again if consistent with his own safety (that is, not liable to suffer if taken prisoner again by the South); and asking if Flannagan should remain in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry getting leave of absence of a few weeks, or if he should get discharged and enter for a new service more consistent with his parole.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 95]

July 16, 1862
Murray Jenkins, Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that he had received a blank for his son, Benjamin Jenkins, to fill up and return, that his son had gone to Philadelphia, that his son started there on July 1 with a drove of cattle, that his son thought it would improve his health, that it would take his son forty days to go and return, that he saw one of his son's officers who said there would be no harm in his son going, and that his son would come down as soon as he returned; and asking if he could fill up the blank, sign his son's name, and send it back.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 81]

July 16, 1862
J.E. McGowan, B.W. Johnson, and Henry H. Dodge, Military Committee of Wood County, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter recommending that Hill commission the bearer, L[eonard] B. Blinn, as 1st Lieutenant of Company A, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Blinn served in the three months' service as a 2nd Lieutenant, and won the esteem of his officers and men as a judicious, brave, and worthy officer, and that they deemed further recommendation unnecessary. Bears a P.S. stating that the other members of the committee had agreed to this recommendation.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 166]

July 16, 1862
J. Scott, [Ohio] House of Representatives, and A.G. McBurney, [Ohio] Senate, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that M.H. McCoy asked for the commission of 2nd Lieutenant or recruiting officer, that McCoy was a young gentleman of high respectability, large influence, and in every way competent to fill the position, that McCoy informed them that he could recruit about thirty men in his community and they had every reason to believe him, and that they thought the appointment would be a good one.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 168]

July 16, 1862
Lot L. Smith, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that his friend, James C. Bowers, was presenting Tod with the testimonial of their military committee for recruiting service, that Bowers was worthy of the place and no doubt would succeed as well as any man in Athens County, and that Bowers' authority for recruiting ought to extend into Meigs County as he lived near the line and was well acquainted with the people of both counties; asking whether a cavalry company would be accepted; and stating that their people were waking up to the importance of the occasion and he thought they would be able to fill their quota.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 165]

July 17, 1862
John Ryder, and William L. Cole, Military Committee of Ottawa County, Elmore, Ottawa County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter presenting Frank Rundell of Genoa, Ottawa County to Tod's favorable notice for a Lieutenant's commission to raise the quota or more of recruits assigned to Ottawa County in the 9th District; and stating that Rundell was a man of good moral character and had the good wishes of all the county, that Rundell appeared to be the man picked by the people, that it was thought they could raise their quota of men without drafting if they could get their commissioned officer and get at recruiting right off, and that they were willing to do their best.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 174]

July 17, 1862
E.A. Scovill, Captain, Company B, Hoffman's Battalion. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting the appointment of Sergeant Leroy W. Bailey of Company B, Hoffman's Battalion as 2nd Lieutenant in the 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 167]

July ?, 1862
Irving Starrett, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that as it was out of the question for him to procure means to go ahead recruiting, he would have to resign his appointment of 1st Lieutenant in the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it would be impossible for him to get the men in thirty days, that when he accepted the appointment, he did not have time to talk with the Colonel about the duties of a recruiting officer, and that as he could not go ahead with his appointment, he thought it best to resign and give his place to someone who could do something with it.
2 pp. [Series 147-38: 51]

Undated
S.J. Broadwell, et. al. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by thirteen individuals; recommending D.W.C. Shockley of Cincinnati for appointment as Captain in the volunteer service of Ohio; and stating that they believed Shockley to be a man of courage and energy, eminently qualified for the position to which he aspired, and who would do honor to the state.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 65]

Undated
J.R. Cook, Attorney-at-Law, and Justice of the Peace, et. al., Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by four citizens of Ashtabula County; stating that they were personally acquainted with the bearer, Henry C. Sweet, that they knew Sweet to be a person in every way qualified to fill the position of 1st Lieutenant of infantry, that Sweet was an honest, sober, and industrious person, that Sweet had been in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery for the past year, and that they deemed Sweet in every way qualified to fill the position of 1st Lieutenant of infantry; and requesting Tod to appoint Sweet to said position. Bears a note signed by J.D. Ensign, et. al.; stating that they were acquainted with the persons who had signed the above recommendation and knew them to be men in whose statements the utmost reliance could be placed.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 149]

Undated
Edson Goit, Chairman, et. al., Military Committee for Hancock County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending the bearer, Charles G. Barnd, as a suitable person to receive an appointment of Lieutenant in the service of Ohio; and stating that Barnd was a young gentleman of good moral character, had a fine education, and was possessed of good courage and patriotism, and that Barnd would make a valuable recruiting officer. Bears a note from Robert E. Patterson, Captain, and Recruiting Officer for Putnam County, Hancock County, Wood County, and Henry County; stating that he had known Barnd for a number of years; and recommending that Barnd receive an appointment as Lieutenant to assist in the district.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 61]

Undated
Edson Goit, et. al., Military Committee in and for Hancock County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending the bearer, O[liver] P. Capell, as a suitable person to be appointed Lieutenant in the volunteer service of Ohio; and stating that Capell was a man of good character, intelligence, and patriotism, that Capell was very industrious and energetic, and that Capell would make a good recruiting officer.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 75]

Undated
J[ohn] H. Humphrey, Captain, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter requesting the appointment of James N. Griffith as 2nd Lieutenant in his company. Bears the approval of Ben[jamin] P. Runkle, Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 119]

Undated
J[onah] R. Taylor, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting that George R. Elstner be appointed as Adjutant of his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 80]

Undated
James Tripp, J. Edward Jones, John M. Martin, and Isaac Roberts, Military Committee of Jackson County, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, George W. Adams, was visiting Columbus for the purpose of obtaining leave from Tod to recruit a company for the 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as 2nd Lieutenant, that Adams was an active, energetic businessman who had been engaged in the Auditor's Office as chief clerk for many years, and that they were fully confident that if any young man could be successful in recruiting a company in the 2nd Military District, it would be Adams.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 163]

Undated
? Young. Note stating that Captain Hugh Sturgeon and 1st Lieutenant Robert C. Taggart of Columbiana County wanted recruiting papers by order of the Governor; and requesting that the papers be handed to him.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 1]

Undated
List of four recruiters with the locations of their headquarters and the counties in which they were recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 81]

Undated
Note stating that Isiah Irwin of New Albany, Franklin County, Ohio was in charge of Colonel Ford's horse.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 140]

Undated
Note stating that George Hanscom was in the Penitentiary and would join the army if pardoned, and that 1st Lieutenant Timothy Ragan was at Middletown, Butler County, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-38: 155]