July 10, 1862
J.S. Lowe, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter enclosing blanks sent by Hill, filled up and signed by three paroled prisoners as required; stating that these men requested that he should procure for them the amount of pay due and also the amount in money for rations for the period during which they were unprovided for by the Government; requesting that Hill immediately send him the instructions necessary to effect said object; and asking whether the men were required to report in person to the U.S. mustering officer at Columbus in order to get the same and if not, what they were required to do, and also what would be necessary in case they wished to be discharged by said mustering officer.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 60]

July 10, 1862
William T. McClintock, Chairman, James Rowe, Secretary, Ross County Military Committee, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To ? Letter recommending Lewis C. Ambery, Sergeant, Company B, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for promotion to a 2nd Lieutenancy in said regiment or any of the new regiments now forming subject to the procurement of a satisfactory certificate from his Colonel and Captain as to his good conduct since he had been in the service and of his fitness for the office of 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 102]

July 10, 1862
P[hineas] R. Minor, Captain, Company F, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that there was a vacant 2nd Lieutenancy in Company F, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry caused by the resignation of John Truit on account of ill health, that he gave notice to his company to choose a 2nd Lieutenant by ballot which resulted almost unanimously in favor of Elwood T. Miles, Private in said company, that he immediately recommended the same to Major [Elbridge G.] Ricker commanding the regiment, that Ricker said Miles would be recommended to Tod for appointment, that Miles had been acting as 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry since June 9, 1862, that on June 16, 1862, he received a furlough for twenty days on account of sickness, that to his great surprise, he had heard that Robert Major, who was Sergeant Major of the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was appointed by their good Colonel as 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, that the appointment was to the mortification of the whole company, and that Major was a comparative stranger to the boys and, however good or competent, the boys would not obey him; requesting that Tod immediately commission Miles as 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; and stating that he loved his boys as he did his family, that he knew they had at all times been ready and willing for any emergency and a group more true and devoted to their country's cause did not live, that anything calculated to give dissatisfaction to them was at the same time equally disapproved of by himself, that he asked for nothing himself beyond that which he would give to his boys, and that he thought the Colonel had the power to recommend, but not to appoint.
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July 10, 1862
T.C. Mitchell, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Colonel Charles Anderson. Letter stating that Captain [William H.] Bucke had declared his intention to remain at Dayton until his company was full, and that if Bucke was allowed to remain at Dayton to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, there would be an office opened for the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and suggesting that it would be well to ask the Adjutant General to issue an order requiring all Colonels to call all their recruiting officers within the districts assigned them. Together with a letter from Charles Anderson, Colonel, 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; suggesting the propriety of Bucke being ordered within his own recruiting district and out of theirs; and stating that as he wished above all things to begin with the best corps of officers, he hesitated to advise the appointment suggested, and that it was his purpose to defer greatly to the several Captains in the selection of their subalterns.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 112]

July 10, [1862]
J.W. Richardson, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that he took from the office a circular no doubt intended for his son, being addressed James T. Richardson instead of James P. Richardson, and that his son was released on parole, but had since volunteered and was now at Camp Chase in Company G, 85th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 201]

July 10, 1862
Joseph Rudolph, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was led by a desire to serve his country and a mutual desire for soldiering to make application for the office of Captain of infantry, that from the time [Ft.] Sumter's walls were first fired into until the last day of March, he had been in the service of his country as 1st Lieutenant of Company I, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that circumstances at home compelled him to resign said position, that these circumstances had been removed, that he had been hoping it would not be necessary for the Government to call for more troops, but it had been, that he was ready and willing to spend his days and sacrifice his life in order to sustain their blood-bought liberties, that he would forward letters of recommendation as to his qualifications if necessary, and that if he could not be commissioned because of his having resigned his former office, he would accept the position of instructor in any of Tod's camps.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 142]

July 10, 1862
Benjamin P. Runkle, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the appointment of Thomas B. Van Horne as Chaplain of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that the regiment needed an active, energetic, Christian man for Chaplain, that he believed Van Horne to be such a man, and that he did not doubt that the regiment would be satisfied with the appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 110]

July 10, 1862
F.C. Searl, Chairman of Old Military Committee, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that in Scioto County, there were five names forwarded by their county officers to act as a military committee, that some question had arisen as to whether this new committee or the old committee, appointed a year since, should act, and that some of each committee wished to be excused; asking if the two committees could meet and organize into one committee or should one of the committees act alone, if they could fill vacancies so as to make a full committee of five, if the old system of recruiting by Lieutenants was still to be practiced, and if they were expected to recommend suitable persons to recruit; and stating that information on these points and any other instructions as to what method they should take to facilitate enlistments would be thankfully received.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 206]

July 10, 1862
Danield Slater, Washington Station, Henry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter asking how he could get his pay; stating that he was sent home by Dr. Daniels of the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he belonged to the same regiment and had been paid up to February 28, and that he could not do much as he was so weak; and asking if he was entitled to the bounty.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 109]

July 10, 1862
Louis D. Strutton, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that a young man named John Kearney, a resident of Norwalk, enlisted in Company C, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at its original formation, that on April 22, 1862, a permit signed by Colonel J.J. Miller was received for Kearney to proceed from Nashville, Tennessee to his home in Norwalk and there await his discharge, having received a furlough from said date, that the reason Kearney received a permit appeared to have been that an attempt was made to poison him in Nashville, which had the effect of prostrating his health, that Kearney now wished to receive his arrears of pay, and that Kearney had requested him to solicit the information from Hill as to how he should proceed to obtain said pay.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 59]

July 10, 1862
C.R. Taft, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that in accordance with the nominations and desires of the Colonel of the regiment, he was asking that various appointments be made to fill vacancies in the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 221]

July 10, 1862
John C. Tripp, and Washington Butler, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that they had lately understood that a vacancy was likely to occur in the regimental offices for the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that in such an event, they would recommend Captain B.F. Potts of Company F, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for appointment to the vacancy, that Potts was a worthy young officer, that although they had differed hitherto from Potts in politics (as they were of the Republican school and he was one of the Douglass delegates to the Charleston convention from their district), yet he was their townsman and a young man of worth, that they trusted Tod would consider their request unless duty required a different decision, and that they were in no way relatives of the Captain.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 111]

July 10, 1862
T[homas] B. Van Horne, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that having been informed that there was a vacancy in the Chaplaincy of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he respectfully solicited an appointment to that position; and citing Colonel [Benjamin P.] Runkle and the Honorable G. V[olney] Dorsey as references. 1 p. [Series 147-40: 109]

July 10, 1862
Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that as requested by Tod in his letter of July 3, the disability for entering the volunteer service, on account of resignations, was removed in the cases of Captain C.H. Kebler, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st Lieutenant C.J. Cottingham, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 1st Lieutenant Lewis Cass Sawyer, 5th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 157]

July 10, 1862
Octavius Waters, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he forgot to present Tod with the hospital flag upon which his name was inscribed, that the flag floated at the mast-head of the "Sunny Side" and had floated over many a poor boy who would ever remember Tod's kindness and attention, that he left the flag in Tod's room as Judge Hofman would recollect, that Tod should keep the flag in the archives as it would be a rich memento in time to come, that should there be anything he could do at Columbus or any mission elsewhere to occupy the time until his services might be needed on a mission of mercy to the Army of the East, he would be very glad to come down and to the best of his ability faithfully discharge any trust Tod might repose in him, and that if Judge Hofman had a moment to spare, he would be thankful for a reply either by letter or telegraph.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 125]

July 10, 1862
Isaac White, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that in case Hill wanted a band at Camp Chase or any other camp in the state, he had a good band that he could warrant to give good satisfaction, and that he could furnish any number required, but presumed a small band of first class men would be preferable in camp. Bears a pencilled note stating that there was no opportunity at Camp Chase.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 88]

July 10, 1862
T. Woodbridge, Depot, Prisoners of War, near Sandusky, Ohio [Johnson's Island]. To Governor David Tod. Letter asking what date his commission would bear as he must settle to that date.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 120]

July 11, 1862
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the Adjutant General would oblige him by issuing a Captain's commission to Lieutenant Baptist Benkler to fill the first vacancy that might occur in his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 95]

July 11, 1862
James R. Challen, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that some time ago, Adolph Kuhn, Lieutenant, Company I, 9th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry requested advice concerning his position, that Kuhn left the regiment very sick and signed an application for his resignation, that Colonel R[obert] L. McCook promised to recommend the acceptance of the resignation on account of Kuhn's disability, and that no order accepting the resignation having been received, Kuhn wrote to McCook several times without receiving a reply; asking what Kuhn was to do; stating that he advised Kuhn to press his request upon McCook, but to offer to return to his post as soon as the state of his health would permit if his place was not filled, that he wrote a letter to this effect which was signed by Kuhn in his presence and which he sealed and mailed, that McCook wrote that no letter pertaining to Kuhn's case would be entertained by him or receive any attention, and no reasons were given, that if Kuhn stood resigned, he ought to have an official announcement of it, that Kuhn had received no notice of the acceptance of his resignation, that Kuhn would proffer his resignation anew if necessary or proper for he was satisfied that he would not recover for some time, and that Kuhn prepared to report in person to Camp Chase, but was taken very ill the night he was to depart and had been in bed ever since. Written on a printed circular dated February 18, 1862, of Cranch & Challen, Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
4 pp. [Series 147-40: 108]

July 11, 1862
Elisha Fewlass, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was highly gratified to receive the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant which took effect on March 9, 1862, and that he accepted the appointment and would endeavor to do his duty. Bears a P.S. stating that he was now sick at home near the village of Delta, Ohio, and that if Tod forwarded his commission shortly, it should be forwarded to Delta.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 133]

July 11, 1862
G.C. Ketchum, 1st Sergeant, Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. To Your Excellency. Letter stating that he had seen the addressee's orders of July 10, to paroled prisoners to report at Camp Chase within reasonable time; asking if he could have ten days to arrange and settle up his affairs at the end of which time he would, without fail, report himself for service; and stating that the addressee's orders came rather unexpectedly as furloughs read "until exchanged", but he would rather do service, and that it was his hope that he and the other members of Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry who were prisoners could do duty on Johnson's Island.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 120]

July 11, 1862
J.W. McConnell. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had made application for papers to recruit a company for the 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Stark County and Columbiana County, that he found his resignation as 1st Lieutenant of Company K, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an obstacle in the way of obtaining a recruiting commission unless proper reasons were given for said resignation, that he resigned his position in the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on account of physical disability caused by exposure in the service and for no other reason, and that said disability was now removed and his physician pronounced him competent for active service.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 94]

July 11, 1862
T.C. Mitchell, Captain, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Colonel [Charles] Anderson. Letter stating that since writing the enclosed, the notices hereto attached had appeared in their local papers, that comment was unnecessary, that he had nothing from Lieutenant Smith, that he now asked that Smith's name be stricken from the rolls in the Adjutant General's office and that Major John P. Klein be commissioned as his 1st Lieutenant, that the prospect for recruits was very good, and that he had full confidence in being able to fill his company during the following week or the week after. Bears two newspaper notices announcing incentives for those willing to enlist in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 113]

July 11, 1862
L.P. Monroe, et. al., Bokes Creek, Union County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by twenty-one individuals; stating that a vacancy had occurred in Company H, 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by the resignation of Captain Nicholas Jerolaman and Lieutenant Loyd B. Lippitt; recommending that 1st Lieutenant W.D. Mitchell of said company be promoted to the Captaincy; stating that they knew Mitchell to be an efficient officer, and that some of them had served under Mitchell since the organization of the regiment; recommending that William H. Thomson of Company H be commissioned as 1st Lieutenant and Washington Davis as 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that they knew Thomson and Davis to be men of good moral standing, that Thomson and Davis had served in the company faithfully and honestly since its organization in December 1861, that Thomson had acted as Orderly Sergeant since the battle at McDowell on May 8, 1862, and rendered satisfaction to both officers and men, that they honestly believed that the good characters, qualifications, and bravery of Thomson and Davis entitled them to the posts they desired them to have, that they were aware of the great importance of appointing good men to command in the army, and that most of them either belonged to the company or had brothers, sons, or fathers in the company. Bears a note from A.S. Davis, Postmaster at Bokes Creek, stating that he was personally acquainted with the men recommended for offices in the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and they were all citizens of that township, and that Mitchell was the best drill master in the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 150]

July 11, 1862
Joel Myers, and Jonas Smith, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that Daniel S. Marvin of Shelby, Richland County, Ohio volunteered and helped to raise the Shelby company now commanded by Captain Lord in the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Marvin studied law and was admitted to the bar in Mansfield after which he went to California and practiced there about ten years, that after his return, Marvin spent about a year in western Missouri, but when the troubles came, he concluded to come home and join the army, that when Marvin joined the Shelby company it was understood that he should be the Captain, but [John] Sherman decided that Lord must be Captain, that Marvin thereupon refused to run for any position and had since served in the company as a Private, that Marvin wrote a letter to them from near Layton, Alabama asking that they make application to have him appointed to help raise the troops under the recent call or to get him some other position in the army, that Marvin was qualified to fill the position of Captain, Lieutenant, Quartermaster, Major, or Adjutant, that what Marvin wanted was a chance to assist in raising the troops under the recent call, that if there was any way to procure Marvin's transfer from his present position to a new field in which he could be of service in raising troops or otherwise assisting the Government, they would be happy to have Hill inform them in what way to proceed to obtain such transfer, and that Marvin was a man of more than ordinary ability and ought to be put into a position where he could be of more use in quelling the present rebellion than where he was now.
2 pp. [Series 147-40: 107]

July 11, 1862
Daniel Nunnemaker, late 1st Sergeant, Company K, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter again calling Tod's attention to his application for a recruiting commission, and to the recommendations and certificates which accompanied it; and stating that he was wounded in the battle of Shiloh and discharged on account of his wound, that his wound was now healed and he was again anxious to enter the service, that he believed he could do good service in recruiting in Hocking County and adjoining counties, and that he was desirous of doing his whole duty.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 56]

July 11, 1862
Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that forty-three officers of the volunteer forces from the State of Ohio had resigned to take effect on the dates set opposite their respective names.
3 pp. [Series 147-40: 126]

July 11, 1862
Samuel R. Williams, Sergeant, Washington Park Hospital, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was writing on behalf of his brother, a prisoner of war now at Camp Chase, who was taken at the battle of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia, that his brother's name was D.F. Williams and he was in Prison No. 2, Mess No. 4, that his brother was pressed into the southern army against his principles, that he would stake his life and all that his brother was a true Union man, and that he asked and prayed Tod to release his brother that he might not have to go back to the rebel army to which he was bitterly opposed; requesting permission to go home and recruit men, which would entitle him to a 2nd Lieutenant's commission; and stating that he was a Sergeant in the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and had seen service, that he was sent home sick and was still unfit to return to his regiment for field service, that he desired to recruit in the 1st Congressional District of Ohio, and that if this met with Tod's approbation, he wished the proper instructions sent and he would repair forthwith to that service.
3 pp. [Series 147-40: 133]

July 12, 1862
W[illiam] T. Coggeshall, Tri-Weekly Republic Office, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter urging that the headquarters of the battery of artillery, for which Captain Blount had been commissioned, be fixed at Springfield; and stating that he was sure it would in all respects be beneficial to the service, that Blount would present to Hill the names of some young men who he desired to have commissioned as officers, that they had all seen service and were worthy young men, that they were in the three months' service at Bull Run under Captain Ed. C. Mason, and that he especially commended George Ege, who had been at work in the office of the Tri-Weekly Republic since his term of service expired.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 93]

July 12, 1862
Henry Hall, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had received Hill's notification of his having been appointed 1st Lieutenant in the 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and detailed by the Governor as Quartermaster of the 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; accepting the appointment; and stating that he had reported to the commanding officer, W.A. Hutchins, at Camp Portsmouth.
1 p. [Series 147-40: 161]