July 4, 1862
Charles M. Foulks, Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting a Lieutenancy for his son, Albert G. Foulks; and stating that his son had entered service about September 10, 1861, as a Private in Company I, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that his son had been in some skirmishes in Kentucky, was at the battle of Pittsburgh Landing (Shiloh), and was currently at or near Florence, Alabama, that being unacquainted with the rules for applications of this kind, he had first resorted to addressing Tod, that he presumed his son had made some progress in his acquaintance with military matters, that the appointment would afford his son an opportunity to recover his health by a change of climate, that the appointment was requested for the purpose of allowing his son to recruit for his regiment or the service in general, that he could obtain recommendations from persons in Columbiana County, and that if some particular routine was necessary to be gone through in applications of this kind, he would like to be informed.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 196]

July 4, 1862
C[harles] H. Grosvenor, Major, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Mihatolzy, Tennessee. To General. Letter stating that he was fully satisfied that Colonel T[imothy] R. Stanley, while professing to be his friend, was secretly doing all he could to break down his reputation and hinder and prevent his advancement and promotion, that for all this, Stanley had no cause or provocation, that he had always treated Stanley with all due respect and had been, so far as possible, a good and subordinate officer, that there would perhaps soon be a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Colonel and, as a matter of course, he was entitled to the promotion if there were no good reasons to the contrary, that he was informed by reliable men holding positions as high as Captain that while he was at home sick, Stanley declared that he should never be promoted, etc., that at the same time, Stanley treated him very kindly to his face, that he desired nothing but what was due to the service and if he was not competent, he did not want the place, that he was willing to go before a retiring board with Stanley and let the mean of merit be 100, that if his did not exceed Stanley's by 25/100, he would resign, that Stanley's opposition to him was of a political character and dated back before the war, that Stanley's desire to get rid of him corresponded with opposition to his appointment, that he would not be overslaughed easily and would present evidence of his entire fitness for promotion, and therewith the record of a year's honorable service, that his claims could not be ignored because of the personal prejudice of any man, that he would greatly prefer to be appointed to a new Ohio regiment for he feared that the record of the hero of Athens and Huntsville would not be pleasant in future years, that he desired that no hasty action might be taken in the premises, and that if anyone opposed his promotion, good cause should be shown and he should have a chance to be heard in his defense.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 130]

July 4, 1862
Thomas F. Heath, Lieutenant Colonel, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Memphis, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting Tod to delay appointing anyone as Major of the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; and stating that any appointment at present would produce evil, and that he would endeavor to harmonize the elements within the regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 67]

July 4, 1862
James Olds, Camp near Decatur, Alabama. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was writing to procure some information as to who were the officers of the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that it would be a very great accommodation if Tod would furnish him the names of those entitled to be mustered as officers of the regiment on June 30, 1862; asking Tod to relieve the regiment of the services of Colonel [Charles G.] Harker; and stating that Harker had perpetrated many wrongs on the regiment, that not a man in the regiment, officer or Private, did not desire Harker's removal, that he had no doubt that General [James A.] Garfield would tell Tod, if asked, that the good of the regiment required Harker's removal, and that the regiment was going to bitter ruin on Harker's account.
4 pp. [Series 147-40: 226]

July 4, 1862
Robert Reily, Major Commanding, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Middletown, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending two appointments to fill vacancies; and stating that, owing to the hard marching and sickness among their officers, it was very desirable that their list of the same should be full, especially as their guard duty was very heavy.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 74]

July 4, 1862
William Sooy Smith, Brigadier General, Commanding 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, Headquarters, Huntsville, Alabama. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that learning that Edward Grosvenor would become an applicant for appointment to the position of Adjutant, he offered his testimony to Grosvenor's many worthy qualities and services already rendered in the suppression of the rebellion, that Grosvenor enlisted in the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on April 19, 1861, since which time he had served his country faithfully first as Corporal and afterward as a Sergeant, that Grosvenor possessed an unblemished moral character and was a lawyer by profession, that Grosvenor was well worthy of appointment to the position of Adjutant, and that Grosvenor would acquit himself meritoriously of the duties pertaining to such a position.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 171]

July 4, 1862
Morris E. Tyler, 1st Lieutenant, Company F, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Huntsville, Alabama. To Governor David Tod. Letter setting forth his case for the position of Captain.
4 pp. [Series 147-40: 137]

July 4, 1862
Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that seventeen officers of the volunteer forces from the State of Ohio had resigned to take effect on the dates set opposite their respective names.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 154]

July 4, 1862
John M. Woodbridge, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he noticed some weeks since that there were recruiting agents in every county in Ohio, that several persons wishing to enter the service had asked him who was the agent for Washington County, that he was unable, after much inquiry, to learn who it was, and that if a suitable person was appointed, a squad of men might be raised immediately. 1 p. [Series 147-40: 190]

July 5, 1862
I[saac] W. Ayres, Captain, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod and the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting that a 2nd Lieutenant's commission be sent for Edmund Yocum of the Union Guards of Cincinnati now forming under Captain Isaac W. Ayres for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a P.S. requesting that his commission be extended as he had men out in the country farming which he could not possibly get in before his commission ran out; and stating that he had not reported as his commission directed since the farmers were so very busy, and that they could fill immediately on completion of the harvest.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 200]

July 5, 1862
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Moscow, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that he had forwarded recommendations for promotions and appointments in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at three different times, but had not yet heard from any of them; asking if there had been any action in the matter, and if not why not; and stating that if there were objections to any of the appointments, he would like to know it, that the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had done as much service for the length of time it had been in the service as any other regiment from Ohio, that the regiment had not disgraced itself or the State and he thought deserved to receive some attention from the State authorities, that the efficiency of the regiment required that the vacancies should be filled by promotions and promotions ought to be made promptly or at least in a reasonable time, and that it was now three months since the battle of Shiloh when most of the vacancies occurred.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 103]

July 5, 1862
A.W. Hendry, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Samuel C. Wheeler, Orderly Sergeant of Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who was wounded at the battle of Port Republic, Virginia and was now at home from the effects of his wound, desired him to inform the Adjutant General that there was now a vacancy in said company in the position of 2nd Lieutenant and that he wished to be remembered when the vacancy was filled, that Wheeler had just completed his studies and was admitted to the bar as an attorney when he enlisted in said company as a Private, that Wheeler was sober and industrious, and that a promotion to a higher position had been well earned by Wheeler during his year's service in western Virginia.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 219]

July 5, 1862
Reuben Hitchcock, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that he had an interview with Colonel [Charles] Doubleday and Mr. Thayer in relation to the candidates for promotion in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that they both concurred in their opinion that Captain C[harles] C. Smith was the best man in the regiment for the position of Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel and that the permanence and usefulness of the regiment depended very much upon Smith's promotion, that Doubleday was especially well qualified to judge and he had full confidence in his representations, that Doubleday would probably see the Governor and give his opinion and reasons in detail, that except for Major [Henry L.] Burnett, he had no acquaintance with the Majors of the regiment, that he was well acquainted with Smith and knew him to be a man of no ordinary capacity and attainments, that Smith was a civil engineer of excellent repute, well educated, a gentleman of excellent habits, energetic and persevering, well adapted to the management of men, and entirely reliable in every respect, that among all the selections from civilians, he knew of no one who would be better qualified for the command of a regiment than Smith, and that he hoped the Governor would place Smith in such a position at an early day.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 180]

July 5, 1862
John Lowary, Canons Mills, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Sir. Letter stating that as there was a great struggle now at hand for the support of the Government, he wished to do something, that he had been concerned in military matters nearly all his life, that his age was such that he would not be accepted as a Private, and that he wished to get a commission to recruit men for the service; and citing references.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 192]

July 5, 1862
James R. Morris, House of Representatives, Washington City. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the Adjutant General of the U.S.A. informed him that the Adjutant General of Ohio had been twice notified that the general order forbidding the reappointment of officers who had resigned, had been revoked so far as Lieutenant W[illiam] P. Richner (now of Company E, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry) was concerned; asking why Richner's commission had not been sent; and stating that Richner had been in command of his company for months past, had never been paid, and could not be without his commission, that Richner was a poor young man with not a cent in the world except his pay now due him for seven months or more, and that Richner's case was a hard one and he hoped his commission would be sent at once.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 223]

July 5, 1862
William Riggs, Private, Company H, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter applying for a commission in the service; and enclosing testimonials.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 78]

July 5, 1862
William Riggs, Private, Company H, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter asking to be appointed a commissioned officer in the service; pledging a faithful discharge of the duties of such commission; stating that the application was made because of a chronic affliction which rendered his service as a Private extremely arduous and a desire to continue in the service notwithstanding his condition; and submitting testimonials as to character, competency, and efficiency.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 81]

July 5, 1862
Wilbur F. Sanders, 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Decatur, Alabama. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that upon the organization of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry last Fall, he was recommended as a person possessing talents which ought to be made available in the war in some position higher than a subordinate one and a request was made that he be given an appointment as one of the field officers of the regiment, that those offices were given to others and he was assigned to the position of Adjutant, that in said capacity, he was assured that he had not disappointed the expectations of his friends, and that if Tod saw fit to promote him, it should never be said that he ever asked for an office.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 129]

July 5, 1862
O.W. Sterl, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that having resigned his commission as 1st Lieutenant in the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on account of ill health, but having now so far recovered as to be able to endure the fatigues of a soldier in the field, he was offering his services should they be needed, that he held the commission of 1st Lieutenant for twelve months, and that he could furnish letters of recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 197]

July 5, 1862
Thomas M. Vincent, Adjutant General's Office. To the Honorable J.R. Morris, Member of Congress. Letter enclosing a copy of the original letter in reference to Mr. Richner; and stating that if Morris forwarded it to the Governor, he would be fully informed and could act accordingly, that it appeared the Governor was not written to directly in reference to the case, thereby resulting in the delay, and that in reference to Lieutenant West, the resignation had not reached the Adjutant General's office.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 115]

July 6, 1862
Charles H. Cornwell, Washington. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he saw that the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was without a Major as no one had been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Richard B.] Treat, that he had some personal friends in said regiment, especially in Company C as he was Captain of the company when first organized, that owing to Governor [William] Dennison being unable to furnish equipments, he accepted a position offered him at Washington and resigned in favor of Captain J[ohn] H. Cryer, that he understood Cryer had been faithful in the discharge of his duties and was well acquainted with all the duties of a cavalry officer, and that he thought Tod would be doing good in many ways by giving the appointment of Major to Cryer.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 168]

July 6, 1862
Charles Doubleday, formerly Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that at the request of Messrs. Wade and Hutchins and the friends of the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, he was asking that any vacancies in the higher offices of that regiment not be filled until he could have the honor of representing their wishes to Tod for the regiment, and that he would be able to do so about the last of the week.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 218]

July 6, [1862]
John D. Holden, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he understood there had been some changes made in the Ohio batteries now in Virginia which would result in vacancies, that he wished to get an appointment in one of the batteries, that he had been thoroughly examined by Lieutenant Colonel Savage, Aide-de-Camp to Major General [John C.] Fremont, and that he had been in the service ever since the rebellion first broke out and in artillery for 8 months.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 68]

July 6, 1862
W[illiam] R. Lloyd, Colonel, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Middletown, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter calling Tod's attention to the vacancy in his regiment occasioned by the resignation of Major [Richard B.] Treat; stating that Captain [Amandar] Bingham had been acting Major of the battalion since he joined the regiment at Mount Jackson, that Bingham's appointment to the place would be satisfactory to him and he thought to the regiment, that Bingham's appointment would make a vacancy in the Captaincy of his company which would be well filled by his 1st Lieutenant, [Delos R.] Northway, that 2nd Lieutenant Porter S. Tinan would be appointed 1st Lieutenant and Orderly Sergeant Oliver C. Russell would be appointed 2nd Lieutenant, and that he had not been officially notified of the discharge of Battalion Adjutant [Marshall H.] Haskell; requesting that Tod have it certified to him; and stating that his regiment had its due proportion of marching, patrolling, scouting, and skirmishing for a few weeks, that in one skirmish on June 16, conducted by Captain [Norman A.] Barrett and Captain [Joseph L.] Barber within 10 miles of their camp with a company of [Turner] Ashby's celebrated cavalry, they killed two, wounded a number, captured five on the field and two horses, and lost one killed, a gallant boy of Barber's company, that Barrett had his horse shot dead and several horses were wounded, that the officers and men were complimented by the Major General and specially mentioned by him to Secretary [Edwin] Stanton, that they arrived at Middletown from Strasburg that day, covering a distance of 7 miles, that an elegant army of 20,000 were encamped around Middletown, and that they were 11 miles from Winchester and about the same distance from Front Royal.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 66]

July 7, 1862
Daniel Brewer, Captain, Company B, 88th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Depot, Prisoners of War [Johnson's Island]. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that in Special Order No. 592, Hill directed him to turn over his camp equipage to the Quartermaster, which he accordingly did, that on arriving at the depot, the Quartermaster at the post refused to supply his company with the necessary articles such as knives, forks, tin cups, and plates, and that he had to buy said articles at his own expense; asking if this was in accordance with army regulations; and stating that the Quartermaster at Camp Chase refused to receipt to him for the articles turned over under Hill's order.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 186]

July 7, 1862
W.R. Creighton, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Alexandria, [Virginia]. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter regarding various promotions and resignations in the regiment; and recommending promotions to fill the vacancies created.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 61]

July 7, 1862
George Fries, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter calling Tod's attention to the case of Captain B.F. Potts of Company F, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Potts was a worthy and faithful man and had been in the service about one year, and that, in those days of favor and promotion, he begged Tod not to forget Potts.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 168]

July 7, 1862
Theophilus Gaines, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Mr. Bechmann was one of the best men they had, that Bechmann had a first-rate military education, that Joseph Siefert, one of their oldest and most reliable citizens, had known Bechmann both in the old country and ever since he had been in the U.S., that Siefert endorsed Bechmann in every respect, and that Bechmann was an old military friend of Major General [Franz] Sigel.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 177]

July 7, 1862
M[ontgomery] C. Meigs, Quartermaster General, Quartermaster General's Office, Washington City. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had no authority to retain Lieutenant Simonton as Acting Assistant Quartermaster as requested by Tod in his telegram of June 28, that Simonton was subject to the orders of his superior officers, regimental, brigade, and division, and must obey them unless put upon special duty by the Adjutant General of the Army or the Commanding General of the District to which he might belong, that Lieutenant Burr was on duty as Acting Assistant Quartermaster and had been ordered away to the great inconvenience of the service, that as Captain [John H.] Dickerson reported Burr engaged on accounts relating to the raising and organization of Ohio troops, he had requested the Adjutant General to place Burr on special duty until the investigation was completed, that this was for the sake of Ohio's citizens, of whose accounts and claims Burr was reputed to have a special knowledge, and that a regimental officer's proper place was with his regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 159]

July 7, 1862
James R. Morris, Washington City. To the Adjutant General. Letter stating that since he wrote to the Adjutant General a day or two since, he received the enclosed papers from the War Department, that he supposed he was wrong in saying in his letter that the Adjutant General's department had twice been informed in regard to Lieutenant Richner's case, and that he was so informed at the War Office, but now thought it probable that the Adjutant General was never informed that the order preventing Richner's appointment had been revoked in his case; requesting that the Adjutant General forward W.P. Richner, Company E, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry his commission as 1st Lieutenant; and stating that Richner had never received any pay since the organization of his regiment and being a poor young man, was very needy.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 116]