July 15, 1862
Ambrose C. Mason, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was a member of Company A, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that a month ago, he came with two others to recruit for their regiment, that since he returned home, a number of his friends had insisted that he should accept the use of their influence in getting a position in the army better than he had held, that as he was at Ravenna on duty, he did not think that an appointment could be given to him, that he lived near Niles, Ohio and had been a member of Company B, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), a company whose standing Tod well knew, that when mustered out, he immediately found the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as he had been to school with [James A.] Garfield and knew him to be a man to serve under, that he was made a Sergeant and held that position for ten months, creditably he believed, that in the past, he had been content to serve his country in whatever humble capacity befell him, that he had been a Private in Company B, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and Tod's son, George, was not infrequently his file leader, that he was still willing to serve humbly, but, like all who had climbed the muddy hills of western Virginia and eastern Kentucky, he should like to have the knapsack taken from him, that he had learned that those who did not help themselves were rarely helped, that during his service, he had lost but five days duty and had done as large a share of work as any of his comrades at all times, that he had hoped for the close of the war more than anything else, but it was still lingering, that serving in a more desirable position was what he wanted, that he could refer to prominent men of Warren, Niles, and Youngstown and to numerous officers in the army as well as the Military Committee of Portage County, that he was a novice at office-seeking, and that if he was worthy of Tod's notice, he would like a reply at Ravenna where he was stationed as a recruiting officer.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 232]

July 15, 1862
E.A. Mosier, New Petersburg, Highland County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter reporting Mahlon Thurman and Alfred Hastings as paroled soldiers belonging to Company H, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that they requested transportation from Greenfield, Ohio to Camp Chase to await orders.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 83]

July 15, 1862
P.W. Norris, Captain, Company C, Hoffman's Battalion, Johnson's Island. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he proposed being in Columbus the end of that week or the first of next week, and that he hoped to enjoy a brief interview with Hill upon some matters of much importance to himself and perhaps others in northwestern Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 108]

July 15, 1862
J.C. Randall, Nashport, Muskingum County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had opened his recruiting station at Nashport.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 100]

July 15, 1862
Henry Y. Rush, Christiansburgh, Champaign County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that up to that time, he had truly done all he could, gratuitously, in recruiting and visiting the sick and wounded at home and abroad, that at that peculiar juncture of affairs, he would prefer to give up his ministerial charges to go immediately into the service as Chaplain or in some position in which he could take a more direct part in putting down the terrible rebellion, that Tod was, perhaps, acquainted with Colonels of regiments destitute of Chaplains, that if he could get such an appointment, he would willingly canvass that section of country or any other and recruit gratuitously for the regiment in formation or in the field, that he was no broken-down, office-seeking preacher, but had constant and remunerative employment, that in all this, he was not satisfied and had but little enjoyment under the present attitude of affairs, that if it was in Tod's power, directly or indirectly, to afford him any position in the struggle so that his family might have a competency while absent, he would gladly devote soul and body to the cause, and that out of his three congregations, he thought he could recruit a very respectable number of men who would go with him into any regiment and for any duty.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 191]

July 15, 1862
H.N. Shipman, Captain, Company C, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Milan, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that on May 20 at Franklin, Virginia, he received from General [John C.] Fremont a sick leave for twenty-five days, that on Surgeon's certificate, said leave was extended thirty days and expired on July 14, that on June 22, in obedience to Order No. 61, he reported at Camp Chase, that on July 2, he was examined by the Medical Board and by them reported suffering from angina pectoris and at present unfit for active service, but was recommended for recruiting service, that he then came home to pick up what men he had in the vicinity on sick leave and take them to Columbus, that while engaged in this and nearly ready to return, he was attacked with jaundice and was now unable to ride, and that he was at a loss to know what to do; asking Hill to inform him what he ought to do; stating that he would like as soon as able to recruit in the vicinity for the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking if Hill would assign him to this duty.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 109]

July 15, 1862
Royal Taylor, Solon, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had just returned from Camp Lawrence, Cumberland, Maryland, where he visited the officers and soldiers of the 84th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that no man could be found better fitted to command one of Tod's new regiments than Major John C. Groom of the 84th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that almost every officer in that regiment expressed themselves strongly in favor of Groom's having a Colonelcy, that Groom was the best military man in the regiment (not excepting Lieutenant Colonel [John J.] Wiseman) and would do himself and the service great credit, and that Tod would hear from the officers of the 84th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the same subject.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 176]

July 15, 1862
A.V. Thompson, New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter asking what was the condition of recruiting in Preble County, who constituted the military committee, and what were the regulations now adopted in regard to the appointment of recruiting officers and the enlistment of recruits for the army; and making application for the appointment in the recruiting service at New Paris, subject to whatever regulations might be adopted. Bears a note signed by George W. Mitchell, et. al.; recommending the appointment of Thompson.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 213]

July 15, 1862
A[lbion] W. Tourgee, 1st Lieutenant, 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that he was sending his second report, that his last daily report was on July 14, and that he had recruited one individual, subsisted one recruit, and had one recruit at the station.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 101]

July 15, 1862
J. Bowers Underwood, Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter asking whether Tod had received any response from his son, Winfield S. Underwood, whom Tod telegraphed last Wednesday at Winchester, Virginia; stating that the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was now at Warrenton, Virginia near Manassas Gap; requesting that Tod answer by return mail; and stating that if they were given a regimental appointee in Pike County with his son as chief recruiting officer, they would raise one of the best companies that ever went from Pike County.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 170]

July 15, 1862
E. Ward, Lieutenant, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting the names of the officers who were to be appointed in place of Captain [James] Caldwell and Captain [Baylis R.] Fawcett who resigned in May; and stating that these Captains belonged to the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that there was a great deal at stake among his friends on the subject of the appointments, and that said subject was also of rare interest to him.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 168]

July 15, 1862
Asa Way, Captain, Company G, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Recruiting Officer, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had not as yet been able to obtain any recruits, that he had letters from both his Sergeants saying they would not be able to obtain the requisite number until after harvest, that from his own information obtained in traveling over Seneca County and in frequent consultations with recruiting officers, he was led to the same conclusion, and that if there could be an immediate draft to supply the demand for this new levy, he was fully satisfied it would give general satisfaction, meet the immediate wants of the Government, and not entail the slow process of enlistment.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 99]

July 15, 1862
John M. Woodbridge, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 236]

July 16, 1862
G.D. Forsyth, 2nd Lieutenant, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that Captain Henry D. Taylor, Lieutenant George W. Waterman, and himself had as yet enlisted no recruits, but had the most flattering prospects of success, that he desired to prefer charges against one Stephen Lasky of Gilead, Wood County, Ohio and one Platt (or Pratt) of Providence, Ohio who claimed to have authority from the Governor of Ohio and were, in contravention of orders, endeavoring to enlist men in the recruiting district assigned to the above named Taylor, Waterman, and Forsyth, and that Lasky and Platt (or Pratt) were offering an inducement of non-commissioned offices to Henry County men.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 88]

July 16, 1862
F.W. Glenn, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that the Chief of the Signal Corps informed him that the only way to become a member of his corps was by appointment in some regiment and then to be ordered to report to him for signal duty; and asking if it would answer if he sought the appointment in an Ohio regiment, if he was ordered to report to the Chief of the Signal Corps by the Governor of Ohio or by the authorities at Washington, and if he was ordered to signal duty, was it permanent or might he be ordered back to his regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 185]

July 16, 1862
G.F. Kestner, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he saw that a great many promotions had been made in the army, that he had a brother (J.R. Kestner) who had been Orderly Sergeant in Company C, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since it left camp, that his brother had also been acting Lieutenant, but the Adjutant did not send on his name for commission, and that officers were needed.
4 pp. [Series 147-41: 153]

July 16, 1862
S.D. McElroy, Johnson's Island, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was acting Sergeant in Company B, Hoffman's Battalion on Johnson's Island, but wished for more active service, that judging from Tod's proclamation, more commissioned officers might be needed, and that he presumed to impose himself to Tod's notice as a candidate for a Lieutenancy; and citing references.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 71]

July 16, 1862
Matthew Martin, Auditor's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter introducing his friend, Mr. Crickett, the Auditor of Marion County, who had business with Tod; and stating that Tod could rely with implicit confidence on Crickett as a man of integrity and character.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 174]

July 16, 1862
T. Mawer, 2nd Lieutenant, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Gilead, Wood County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter reporting that he had arrived at his recruiting station and had enlisted one man; stating that he was at a loss to tell whether or not he was to send an enlistment roll for each man daily, that as yet, they had no Adjutant for their regiment, and that he was, therefore, unable to comply with General Order No. 75; asking if there was any particular form for keeping charges for railroad and steamboat fare; stating that he was thinking of enlisting men into the service and then letting them return to their farms to gather their harvest for two or three weeks; and asking if that would be wrong.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 202]

July 16, [1862]
M.H. Nichols, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he did not think Logan County and Hardin County should monopolize all the appointments; and recommending an appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 77]

July 16, 1862
L.Q. Rawson, Chairman, Military Committee of Sandusky County, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that the committee was energetically at work trying to arouse their people to their duty to enlist, that they had some embarrassments which they hoped might be removed, that Kent Seaman was recruiting, or trying to, under an appointment as Captain, that they could not get good men to recruit as Lieutenants without assurance that they would not be compelled to go into a company under Seaman, that Seaman was very unpopular and they would not work under him nor with him, and that the appointment of Seaman was regretted as he would keep up a disturbance; asking, if the committee recommended one for Captain, one for 1st Lieutenant, and one for 2nd Lieutenant, would these individuals be permitted to form a company without any of them being liable to get placed under Seaman; and stating that he wanted Hill's answer to show certain men in order to get them to accept Lieutenancies, and that they could not get their best men without these assurances.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 189]

July 16, 1862
George Redway, Editor and Proprietor, Medina Gazette, Medina, Medina County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter asking what rules Hill followed with regard to the appointment of regimental officers; and stating that if he could comply with them, he desired to apply for the position of Quartermaster of the 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now being recruited in Medina County, Lorain County, and Cuyahoga County, and that with assurance of such a position, he might be able to aid materially with enlistments in Medina County since he could devote himself wholly to the matter.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 197]

July 16, 1862
Charles T. Sherman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the different county military committees, composing the territory from which the 102nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was to be raised, met at Wooster on July 15, that in consequence of the absence of the Holmes County committee, they did not complete the list of officers to be recommended, that they would recommend Judge Given of Wooster as Colonel, that there were rumors in Columbus prejudicial to Given's character and habits, and that they were satisfied that the rumors were unfounded; requesting a suspension of opinion on the subject until explanations were made to Tod; and stating that the committees and people of Ashland County and Wayne County were not roused up as much as in Richland County, but they promised to go to work and freely pledged themselves to raise men and money for their proportion of the 102nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that there was a bad state of things in Ashland County and partially in Holmes County, that the "semi-secesh" might be said to fairly control the town of Ashland, that Ashland County could, however, raise one company and more and Richland County would supply the deficiency, that neither of the counties had completed their list of recruiting officers, but would do so in a few days, that there was no hurry about it as the men, both in town and country, were busily engaged in harvesting their immense crops of grain, and that they expected to fill the regiment by early in September.
3 pp. [Series 147-41: 82]

July 16, 1862
Charles T. Sherman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that the different county military committees, composing the territory from which the 102nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was to be raised, met at Wooster on July 15, that in consequence of the absence of the Holmes County committee, they did not complete the list of field and staff officers to be recommended, and that a question arose which they wished Hill to answer; asking if the positions of Adjutant and Quartermaster of the regiment were to be filled outside of the 1st Lieutenants in the line or did the Colonel, at his discretion and from time to time, detail persons to fill those positions from his 1st Lieutenants; and stating that if they were not taken from the time and were to be appointed by the State Executive, they would then recommend to the Governor suitable persons who could assist them in raising the regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 107]

July 16, 1862
Oscar H. Spencer, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he received a blank on July 15 and did not think it necessary that he should fill it up as he had been mustered out of U.S. service, that he was taken prisoner by the rebels at Rock Ford Church, Missouri on November 6, 1861, that he was released on parole not to bear arms against the Southern Confederacy during the war, that he was mustered out of the U.S. service by Major [Z. Swift] Spalding of the 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Sedalia, Missouri in December 1861, that he was paid off in full at St. Louis, Missouri in December, that he had not received any papers yet, but supposed he would before long, that he would like to know if it was necessary for him to report at Columbus, and that he belonged to Company A, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 151]

July 17, 1862
C.J. Albright, Chairman, Guernsey County Military Committee, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that as Governor [David] Tod had called upon the military committees appointed by Governor [William] Dennison to act in the raising of troops under the recent call of the President and the Military Committee of Guernsey County wished to act understandingly, the committee had directed him to ask Hill for the plan or rule adopted for the recruiting of companies; asking if it was so, as they had heard intimated, that the plan of commissioning 1st Lieutenants as mustering officers had been discontinued and that commissions for the Captain and Lieutenants for each company were issued at once, and if so, could each commissioned officer swear in recruits; stating that the mode of recruiting last Fall worked well in Guernsey County and, in the opinion of the committee, was preferable to that of commissioning the three officers of a company before men were obtained, and that it was their wish to co-operate heartily and promptly with the state authorities in calling men into the ranks to crush out the wicked rebellion; requesting all necessary information for their guidance; stating that Thomas Williams, Private, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was taken prisoner last Fall, kept at Richmond some 30 days, and then permitted to leave on his parole, that Williams had been discharged from the service, but not yet exchanged, and that Williams wished to enter the service again; asking if Williams could do it either as an officer or a Private; and stating that Williams was a worthy young man and desired a 2nd Lieutenant's commission.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 74]

July 17, 1862
L.F. Andrews, Huntsville, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he wished to engage in the recruiting service; and asking if the application for a commission must be made in person, was the officer permitted to choose his own district for operations, and in what way were the expenses incident to the service met.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 198]

July 18, 1862
John H. James, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter regarding the vacancy in Company A, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry made by the resignation of Lieutenant [Francis M.] Leffler; and stating why William M. Este should be passed over and why William Baldwin should be promoted.
3 pp. [Series 147-41: 203]

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A.B. Beverstock, et. al., Richland County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter signed by forty-five individuals; and stating that they had learned that it was the unanimous desire of the members of Company M, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry that their 1st Lieutenant, Joseph Holmes, should be appointed to the Captaincy of said company, that Company M was raised almost entirely by Holmes, that Holmes had devoted his entire time thereto and expended large sums of money in so doing, that when said company was raised, the men offered to elect Holmes as Captain of the same, that Holmes refused to allow this to be done, that the order for raising said company had been issued to one John B. Franklin and Holmes was determined to observe good faith with his friend, that for said purpose, Holmes gave his entire influence to secure the election of Franklin to the Captaincy of Company M, that Franklin had since resigned his position as Captain of said company, that Lieutenants from other companies of the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry had been appointed to the Captaincy of Company M over Holmes, to the disappointment of the members of said company, that this had already been done twice, that they had long known Holmes and could speak of him as a correct and upright man, that Holmes was gentlemanly in his conduct and very reliable and energetic in all his business and public duties, and that the promotion of Holmes to the Captaincy of Company M would be highly appreciated by the members of the same as well as by the undersigned who were the relatives and neighbors of the members of the company.
3 pp. [Series 147-41: 194]

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L[uther] M. Buchwalter, 1st Lieutenant, Company A, et. al., 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by eighteen commissioned officers of the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting the promotion of Samuel H. Hurst, senior Captain of the regiment, to fill the vacancy in the corps of regimental field officers caused by the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Myer.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 25]

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Jesse T. Burr, 1st Lieutenant, 96th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Recruiting Officer, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had returned to Mt. Vernon, the post assigned him for recruiting service, and that he had opened an office and had everything prepared for recruiting; and asking with whom would he cooperate in raising a company, and, in reporting recruits, should he give name, age, etc.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 206]

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S.C. Chase, M.D., New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he had tendered his services to obtain recruits, that he also got up a paper for his fellow townsman, John Harrison, that so far, neither of them had received an answer, that they began to think that it was altogether as difficult to get into the service as it was for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, that they had sent no friends to court, but still they burned to avenge the blood of the brave Ohio boys who had fallen, that they were ready to raise men and to march upon the rebels with the steel, both of metal and of determination, and that they could arouse their countrymen from their lethargy and bid them fly to the rescue by turning immediately into the ranks, buckling on the armor, and girding themselves to fight.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 81]

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F.S. Lilly, Springborough, Warren County, Ohio. To Colonel Howard, Columbus, Ohio. Letter stating that he had been looking around and saw that he could get some men in a short time, that he would like to get a commission, and that he could send a hundred of the best men in Warren County.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 103]

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J.W. Lindsey, Captain. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending 1st Sergeant John D. Nevins of Company B, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for promotion to the 2nd Lieutenancy of that company; and stating that Nevins performed the laborious duties of Orderly Sergeant in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to the company, and that at the battle of Shiloh, Nevins showed perfect coolness and undaunted courage until severely wounded and carried from the field.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 131]

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George W. Morris, 1st Lieutenant, Company D, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Athens, Alabama. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter acknowledging receipt of a commission as 1st Lieutenant in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the hands of Lieutenant Colonel N[icholas] L. Anderson, bearing the date of February 14, 1862; and stating that he had been on detached service since January 1862, and he trusted this would be an apology for his not acknowledging receipt of the commission at an earlier date, and that he gratefully accepted the commission.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 168]

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James R. Morris, et. al. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by twelve members of the 37th Congress from Ohio; requesting the promotion of James A. Driggs, Sergeant, Company B, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Driggs had now been in the service about 14 months and was a sober and excellent soldier, always prompt when duty called.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 122]

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Charles C. Murdock, et. al., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by three citizens of Cincinnati; recommending the appointment of John D. Burner, Sergeant, 5th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery to the office of Lieutenant in said battery; and stating that Burner had faithfully served in his company ever since it was formed, being about ten months without furlough, that Burner was well qualified, that Burner was in the battle of Shiloh and remained with his gun throughout the whole of that sanguinary engagement, and that Burner's mother was a widow who was supported by him.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 165]

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B[enjamin] F. Smith, Colonel, et. al., 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by thirty officers of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that Captain E.F. Jewett had been untiring in his efforts to raise a company of volunteers for said regiment and had subjected himself to considerable expenditures of time and money, that without fault of his own, Jewett had failed to complete his company and was compelled to turn over his men to the regiment, and that the signers bore testimony to Jewett's patriotism and ability; and recommending Jewett's appointment to a Captaincy or some other post of equal honor and trust in the Ohio volunteer service.
2 pp. [Series 147-41: 193]

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F.S. Smith, et. al., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by twenty-four citizens of Cleveland; stating that Lieutenant John L. Smith, late of Company G, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had been in the service and connected with said regiment from October 3, 1861 to June 1, 1862, at which time he resigned in consequence of ill health, that having regained his health, Smith was desirous of again entering the service, and that knowing the energy Smith displayed in raising recruits and his untiring industry and tried patriotism, they were anxious that his services might be obtained; and requesting that Tod issue another commission to Smith.
1 p. [Series 147-41: 26]