June 27, 1862
Frederick J. Slatterie, Camp near Middletown, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter transmitting letters from General [A. Sanders] Piatt and Captain Donn Piatt, Assistant Adjutant General to Brigadier General [Robert C.] Schenck on the subject of his promotion from the position he at present occupied; stating that in response to the first call of the President for troops, he was among the first to offer his feeble assistance to support the government by enlisting in a company from Norwalk under command of Captain [Franklin] Sawyer, now Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that this company (an old organization under the militia system) was fully uniformed at their own expense and armed by the state and, at the breaking out of the rebellion, was under good drill, that he thought he was the only remaining one who had not been promoted, either through the influence of friends or by their meritorious conduct, that the term of enlistment expiring, he returned to Norwalk for a short time, that he afterwards enlisted in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he wished to be promoted to a position more suited to his ambitions and in which he trusted he might do credit to himself and their country's cause; and citing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 54]

June 28, 1862
John W. Morgan, 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been associated with Corporal Robert Howden of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Guthrie Grays) for over one year, that he took pleasure in recommending Howden as a true soldier, faithful to all trusts, and very worthy of promotion, and that the experience of a year in the field made Howden a deserving candidate for a higher position than he now held. Bears a note from N[icholas] L. Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that Howden was a fine soldier, and that his promotion would do credit to a worthy man and benefit the service.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 212]

June 28, 1862
P. Morris, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was sorry to report that it was almost impossible to enlist men for three years in the district assigned him at that season of the year, that after having refused to go for three months, it was hard to induce them to go for three years, that they were busy tending their crops and could not well leave, that he had canvassed Butler County and Preble County, but had met with no success, that he had come to the conclusion that it was a useless waste of time and money to attempt to do anything in the way of recruiting there before harvest, and that he must beg leave to desist.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 28]

June 30, 1862
James R. Cushman, F.L. Mellinger, S.R. Brown, and Isaiah Richards, Military Committee of Paulding County, Paulding, Paulding County, Ohio. To ? Letter recommending Fielding S. Cable as a suitable and competent person to organize a company of reserve militia under Section 2 of the act to enroll the militia of the State passed on April 12, 1861; and requesting that the necessary documents and rolls be forwarded to Cable at Paulding for the purpose of organizing said company.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 16]

June 30, 1862
Samuel S. Fisher, et. al., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by fifty-three individuals and companies; recommending Corporal Robert Howden of Company E, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for promotion; and stating that Howden was in every way worthy of a commission, that being among the first to volunteer, Howden had faithfully discharged his duty, that if intelligence, excellent character, industrious habits, patriotism, and long service in camp and field merited promotion, they were sure that Howden's claims could not be overlooked, that Howden was selected from his company for detached service in the U.S. Signal Corps and they understood that he had given satisfaction in that and every other position, and that they hoped a place might be found for Howden.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 211]

June 30, 1862
R.D. Harrison, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter asking if Lieutenant Bidall Boggs, appointed by General [John C.] Fremont on his staff, had ever been commissioned by Governor David Tod; and stating that he was in receipt of a letter from Boggs saying that the commission had never been received, and that it may have been sent, but miscarried.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 47]

June 30, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that in accordance with the Governor's request by telegraph of June 26, the Secretary of War granted permission to six resigned officers from Ohio regiments to reenter the volunteer service upon being duly commissioned.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 40]

June 30, 1862
E[benezer] H. Swinney, Lieutenant Colonel, et. al., 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, Camp near Middletown, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by eighteen officers of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Captain Benjamin F. Potts of said regiment as an officer richly meriting promotion; and stating that Potts had been a faithful officer in all the trials and hardships through which the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had passed, and that by promoting him, Tod would only be doing justice to an officer in the field fully competent for any position in a regiment. Bears a note dated July 8, 1862, from A.T. Ready, New Philadelphia, Ohio; stating that Potts was a most excellent young man, had been in the service since the organization of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and had been in all the fights and skirmishes in Virginia, that he did not hesitate to say that it would be but even-handed justice to promote Potts, that Potts would make a most efficient officer, and that he hoped Potts might be promoted.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 224]

July 1, 1862
C.L. Boalt, and J.F. Dewey, Huron County Military Committee, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Frederic J. Slatterie had, until recently, been a resident of Norwalk, that Slatterie was a Frenchman, well-educated, about twenty-three to twenty-five years of age, an excellent clerk and penman, and possessed the habits and tastes of a gentleman, that Slatterie enlisted as a Private in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was now with the regiment, that they understood Slatterie had been acting as the Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier General A. Sanders Piatt and that he had made himself useful and necessary in that capacity, that they learned that General [Robert C.] Schenck and Piatt had recommended Slatterie to Tod for promotion with the object of placing him upon Piatt's staff in the capacity of Brigade Commissary, that Slatterie had written to Norwalk for recommendations and they hoped, if consistent with the public service, that Tod would give him a commission as 2nd Lieutenant without which, as they understood it, he could not receive the staff appointment, that they felt bound to state in this connection that Slatterie was, before his enlistment, a pretty wild young man and somewhat dissipated, that they did not think by any means that the habit of intoxication fixed upon Slatterie, that they were happy to add that they had learned through various sources that Slatterie had not indulged in any improprieties since he had been acting in his present capacity, but had been quite steady, that aside from the occasional sprees which Slatterie sometimes indulged in, led away by his social relations, they knew of no one they should take more pleasure in aiding to advancement, that if the object was to keep Slatterie within present influences by appointing him upon Piatt's staff, as they believed it to be, they did not doubt it would prove beneficial to all parties, and that Slatterie was very volatile, but not vicious.
3 pp. [Series 147-40: 50]

July 1, 1862
W.H. Campbell, Sergeant Major, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, near Huntsville, Alabama. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that he had been informed by private letters and notices in the Columbus papers of his promotion to a Lieutenancy in the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that circumstances had lately occurred which made it highly important to him to be officially notified of the facts in the case; and requesting that Hill forward, as soon as possible, the papers necessary to substantiate his claims.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 215]

July 1, 1862
Moses R. Dickey, Colonel, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp near Huntsville, Alabama. To Governor David Tod. Letter regarding various vacancies in the regiment; and recommending appointments to fill said vacancies. Bears the endorsement of R[ichard] W. Johnson, Brigadier General.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 208]

July 1, 1862
William C. Frye, Tri-Weekly Republic Office, and J.H. Little, Judge of Probate, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that D.W. Pagett had been at his home in Springfield on furlough, but was now at Camp Chase, that Pagett should be permitted to return to Springfield to get his clothes and other articles for his own and the comfort of his brother in General [Henry] Halleck's army, and that Pagett was reliable and would report himself wherever ordered.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 49]

July 1, 1862
J[ohn] L. Pugh, Major, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Taylor, Huntsville, [Alabama]. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he would like to be transferred from cavalry to infantry and wished to know if there were any vacancies in any of the new regiments, that he had been in the service since September 1861, and had been almost constantly on duty since their regiment joined General [Ormsby M.] Mitchel's division, that consequently, he had considerable experience, that much of the time, he had been on detached service, that he had been with his command to every point that any of the troops of the 3rd Division had been, and that he would refer Tod to the officers of their regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 176]

July 1, 1862
John A. Smith, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To the Honorable Samuel Galloway. Letter stating that he wanted Galloway's help in obtaining a Lieutenant's commission for John Harvey, son of James Harvey of Hillsboro, that John Harvey was among the first to enlist for the war and went in Company I of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that John Harvey had shared all the labor and danger of the campaign in Virginia during the Winter and then went with the regiment into Kentucky and Tennessee, that John Harvey was present at Shiloh and behaved himself handsomely as a soldier in that fearful struggle, that John Harvey entered service as a Private and now held a non-commissioned office in his company, that John Harvey was a good boy in every sense of the term, that John Harvey had a sound mind in a sound body, that he was proud to present John Harvey's claims to the department, and that he knew John Harvey could not and would not betray or dishonor whatever position might be assigned him.
3 pp. [Series 147-40: 14]

July 1, 1862
Percy S. Sowers, Lieutenant Colonel, 85th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Acting Inspector, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Colonel C.W.B. Allison. Letter stating that in accordance with General Order No. 2 dated June 30, 1862, issued by the Post Commandant, he inspected the 85th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 88th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Chase on June 30, 1862, that in the 88th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he found one hundred and twenty bayonets which could not be "fixed" and eleven "gun socks" broken and damaged, all of which needed immediate repairing being utterly useless in their present condition, that the regiment was armed with muskets of Prussian manufacture, caliber 72-100, that the arms had been issued to the regiment a few days prior to the inspection, that he had every reason to believe that the number set forth were in a damaged condition at the time of issue, that the knapsacks, canteens, haversacks, cartridge boxes, cap boxes, cross and waist belts, bayonet scabbards, and Sergeants' swords were in excellent order, that all of the clothing, except the shoes, furnished both the 85th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 88th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were of an inferior quality, particularly the pants which were utterly worthless, that the kitchens and barracks of both regiments needed repairing, that the 88th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had received no arms, that it had been furnished with knapsacks, haversacks, and canteens, all of which were in good order, that the messes in both regiments kept their quarters tolerably clean, that considering the short space of time the two regiments had been organized and in camp, they were also in a tolerable state of discipline, that the zeal of the officers could not be doubted and they all undoubtedly had the ability to learn, that the company books were in general kept as prescribed in the regulations, that regimental books had not as yet been issued to the regiments, that the stores in the Regimental Quartermasters' Departments were of a superior quality except the bread which was too fine and heavy and unfit to be issued to soldiers, that a loaf of ordinary size weighed five pounds which was the average weight, that the guard houses needed repairing and cleaning, particularly that at Post No. 1, that said guard house was entirely too small for the comfort of the guard, part of whom were compelled to sleep upon the platform outside the house when off duty, that he could not speak too highly of the condition of the Post Hospital which was clean, well ventilated, and ably managed, that the sick appeared to receive every attention necessary to their comfort, and that the public property at the post appeared to be in very good condition generally.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 92]

July 1, 1862
Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that five officers of the volunteer forces from the State of Ohio had resigned to take effect on the dates set opposite their respective names.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 4]

July 1, 1862
Oscar Von Brabender, late Captain, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he learned there were many vacancies in the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Colonel [Edward] Siber, Major [Charles Ankele], and some of the Captains had tendered their resignations, and that he was sure that Lieutenant Colonel [Louis] Von Blessingh, now in command of the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had nothing against his promotion in said regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 36]

July 2, 1862
T.C. Campbell, Maysville, Kentucky. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was personally acquainted with the bearer, Captain William Riggs of Aberdeen, Ohio, and had been for several years, that he was surprised to find Riggs a Private in the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Riggs had been engaged in steam boating for many years, commanding a handsome salary, that he expected to find Riggs in the army knowing his temperament, but supposed he would have received some official position, that Riggs was acquainted with the people of the South and accustomed to that climate, that Riggs desired some position in the gunboat service, and that believing Riggs entitled to such position as requested, he recommended him.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 80]

July 2, 1862
Junius Dana, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that James Caldwell of Farmington raised a company and went into the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry as Captain at the organization of said regiment, that Caldwell continued in service until the middle of May when, having been injured in a scouting expedition by a fall off his horse and being unable to obtain a furlough from [Charles] Doubleday, he was compelled to resign and return home, that Caldwell had since recovered and was now in good, sound condition, and fit and eager for service, that Caldwell wished to be reinstated in command of his company, that Caldwell had requested him to write Tod in reference to the matter, that he had the impression that Caldwell would have to apply to the War Department at Washington, but he really knew nothing about the procedure, that he thought Caldwell was a meritorious officer and that his being reinstated would be a public benefit, and that Captain Powers, who was in the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and resigned, found himself like a duck out of water and wished to return to his first love; and asking if there was any way in which Powers could give vent to his patriotic impulses and offer himself upon his country's altar.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 95]

July 2, 1862
Thomas Evans, Jr., Reynoldsburgh, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had a chance to arrange his business so as not to make too much sacrifice, that he had concluded to offer his services and go in the army in such a position as he might be qualified for, and that he had about a year's experience in camp life, but not as a soldier.
3 pp. [Series 147-40: 39]

July 2, 1862
E.C. Northropp, Fairfax Seminary Hospital, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he saw by the papers that three hundred thousand more men were to be raised to assist in crushing out the unholy rebellion, that he wished to be detached from his regiment to recruit some of those men, that his health had been impaired in his country's service and the change of diet and air would go far toward helping to regain it again, that he had a family to support and was a poor man, that he had been in the service over fourteen months and needed rest, that he enlisted as a Private in the first company that left Portage County one year ago, that he was now a Corporal of said company (Company F, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry), that while many of his companions in arms had sought and, through the influence of their friends, obtained higher positions, he had been content to remain in the ranks and do his duty as a Private soldier, that he was now in the hospital, not being able to do duty, that his disease was chronic and would require time to effect a cure, that he would dislike very much to remain there all summer especially as he could not recover as fast there as at or about home, and that he would be able to attend to the business of recruiting; and citing a reference.
3 pp. [Series 147-40: 195]

July 2, 1862
David Putnam, Captain, Company E, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was in receipt of a communication notifying him that 2nd Lieutenant Frank Sweney had been appointed to the vacancy created by the resignation of 1st Lieutenant J.M. Boatman, that on April 18, 1862, he placed a petition unanimously signed by the officers and Privates of Company E (and approved by Colonel [Lewis D.] Campbell) in Tod's hands requesting the appointment of Jacob J. Rarick to said position, that he had assurance that as soon as Tod received official notice of the acceptance of Boatman's resignation that the appointment of Rarick would be made and that his appointment would date from the day of the acceptance, that on that assurance and at Tod's suggestion, he placed Rarick as second in command of his company, which place he had honorably filled to date, that the appointment of Sweney, a perfect stranger to his men, would cause dissatisfaction in his company that he could not reconcile, that Rarick had been with the company since its organization and had been untiring in his efforts to perfect the drill and discipline of the company and regiment, that Rarick's loss as an officer of the company would be seriously felt by the men and officers, and that under these circumstances and for the good of the service, he requested the withdrawal of the appointment of Sweney and the appointment of Rarick.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 87]

July 2, 1862
Fredrick A. Seymour, Captain, Company G, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Alexandria, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the office of 2nd Lieutenant of Company G, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had become vacant by the promotion of Seymour S. Reed to 1st Lieutenant of Company I of the same regiment; and recommending that George W. Barrett, Orderly Sergeant of Company G, be appointed to fill the vacancy in said company.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 63]

July 3, 1862
Hamilton Gray, and W. Clark, Provost Marshal, Maysville, Kentucky. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, William Riggs of Aberdeen, Ohio, had been long and favorably known in that region as a successful steamboat Captain, that Riggs was well acquainted with the Southern trade and considered a good river man, that Riggs desired to make a change from the land service to the gunboat service, that Riggs left a lucrative birth to join the volunteer army as a Private and would explain personally his reasons for wishing to make the change, and that they felt certain that the change would benefit the public service and hoped Tod might be able to put Riggs in a responsible position in the gunboat service. Bears the endorsement of W.H. Wadsworth.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 79]

July 3, 1862
William A. Howe, Lieutenant, Commanding Company C, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Alexandria, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Henry W. Lincoln, Orderly Sergeant of Company C, to fill the office of 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 72]

July 3, 1862
R[ichard] Y. Lanius, Captain, Company E, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Corinth Station, Mississippi. To Adjutant General Charles [W.] Hill. Letter regarding the status of six men recruited for his company by Lieutenant A. Bowsher in Allen County last December.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 91]

July 3, 1862
Charles A. Weed, Captain, Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Alexandria, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the promotion of Orderly Sergeant Samuel C. Wheeler to 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that Wheeler was well qualified to fill the position, had proven himself a brave man in the field, was wounded at the battle of Port Republic on June 9, 1862, and was now absent on leave of absence at Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 62]

July 3, 1862
Charles Whittlesey, late Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that J[ohn] N. Cassell of Mt. Vernon, Ohio served with him as Captain of Company G, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it was his good fortune to have several Captains whom he could recommend for promotion and Cassell was one, and that except when disabled by ill health, he found Cassell capable and energetic in the performance of his duty.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 174]

July 4, 1862
James E. Bradley, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter asking if Hill gave commissions to persons to raise companies before they had gotten a certain number enrolled; and stating that he could raise a company locally, but not without considerable expense as he would have to ride through the country to do it, that if Hill would give him a commission such that he could afford to go to the expense of raising a company, he thought that he could raise it in ten days, that he had been in the service for about six months and was honorably discharged, and that he belonged to the band of the 35th Illinois Regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 203]

July 4, 1862
J[ohn] M. Connell, Tuscumbia, Alabama. To Dear Colonel. Letter stating that their friend, [E.A.] Richards, had a recommendation for Captain of one of their companies when a vacancy existed, that if it should have been filled and there were other vacancies of Lieutenancies in the regiment [17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] which now existed, he wished Richards appointed to one of them, and that his recommendation of Richards for a Captaincy could be used for the other; and asking that the Colonel do what he could to secure Richards' appointment. Bears the endorsement of Alfred McVeigh.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 128]