July 17, 1862
C.M. Godfrey, Buckeye, Putnam County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Orrin E. Davis of West Jefferson, Madison County, Ohio had been a 2nd Lieutenant in the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and served with some distinction, that at the time of Davis' return, he contracted a disease of the lungs which rendered him unable to enter the service again, although offered a 1st Lieutenancy in a company being organized for three years, that by the time Davis recovered his health sufficiently to reenter the army, recruiting in the three years' service was suspended, that Davis then entered as a Private in the 18th U.S. Infantry and was still at Camp Thomas, that he would be grateful if Tod saw fit to confer some appointment on Davis in one of the new regiments and to transfer him from the regulars to the volunteer service, and that Davis was a young man of fine education and the strictest habits for sobriety and honorable dealing.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 161]

July 17, 1862
Thomas W. Gordon, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Lieutenant Colonel D.W.C. Loudon of the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a suitable person for the position of Colonel of one of the new regiments; stating that Loudon fought bravely at Shiloh and was certainly worthy of promotion in every way, and that Loudon was all right politically which was more than could be said of some of those now seeking or who would seek such position; and citing Colonel [Peter J.] Sullivan of the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a reference for Loudon.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 225]

July 17, 1862
Lewis F. Hake, Lieutenant, Recruiting Station, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that Hill's reply to his request, allowing recruits to gather their harvest on conditions, was received, and that he was much obliged, hoping it would be attended with favorable results. Bears a pencilled note stating that the request was granted until a camp was ready which might be ten days or two weeks yet.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 157]

July 17, 1862
H.W. Howard, M.D., Morgan, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that Edward N. Devan, who enlisted as Bugler in the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was on parole not to serve against the South, and had a furlough until duly discharged or notified of his exchange, was at Morgan, Ashtabula County, Ohio and, in consequence of ill health and lameness, was unable to do military duty. Bears a note from A.B. Watkins, Mayor of Rock Creek, Ashtabula County, Ohio; certifying that Howard was a regular practicing physician of their county and that his signature was genuine.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 92]

July 17, 1862
W.P. Hulbert, Office, Buckeye State Insurance Company, 16 Front Street, between Main and Sycamore, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he took pleasure in forwarding the enclosed application for promotion from Captain M[arcus] A. Westcott of Company A, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as he considered him highly worthy; and citing other references.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 111]

July 17, 1862
P. Kelkenney, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had held a commission as Captain in the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that in consequence of unavoidable difficulty with one of his company officers, he was reluctantly compelled to tender his resignation as he desired to have no quarrel with said officer and could not remain without it, that he did not desire to leave the service, that he loved the profession of arms and, although a poor man, he expended $700 of his own means in recruiting and organizing the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was anxious to serve his country in her hour of need, that he was confident of his ability to discharge the duties of the position formerly held, or any position Tod might assign to him, to the satisfaction of the service, that he had been nearly seven years in the military service of Great Britain, five years in the Ohio Militia, and about six months in actual service as Captain in the present war, that he could give the best of references as to military education and ability, and that if his country needed his services, he was at Tod's disposal.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 119]

July 17, 1862
N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, Corinth, Mississippi. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Field Orders No. 164; stating that the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel William E. Gilmore, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on July 17, 1862. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 167]

July 17, 1862
Henry H. Morrill, Rector of the Episcopal Church, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the bearer, A.J. Ricks, had concluded to leave college and give himself to the service of his country in her hour of need, and that Ricks was going to Columbus that evening to try and get a commission; recommending Ricks; bearing testimony to Ricks' integrity, energy of character, and fitness for the position; and stating that a more reliable, conscientious, and energetic young man could not be found, that Ricks already had some military knowledge, that Ricks could not fail to be an honor to his country in any position Tod might assign him, and that their military committee were all agreed.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 191]

July 17, 1862
William Patterson, Secretary, Military Committee of Van Wert County, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Andrew McGarrin had been duly appointed as a member of the Military Committee of Van Wert County to fill the vacancy occasioned by the absence of William Smith who was now a Major in the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 196]

July 17, 1862
Thomas Powell, Ex-Paymaster General of Ohio, Attorney at Law, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter enclosing a certificate that he had furnished a substitute, under the late call, to serve during the war; and stating that it would afford him pleasure to try and raise a regiment or to accept an appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of one of the regiments now forming, but it would be impossible for him to leave home at present as he was now peculiarly situated, that under the first call for volunteers, he raised a company of 106 men and organized a regiment at considerable expense, that he took nine Captains (besides himself) and five Lieutenants to Columbus and urged Governor [William] Dennison to accept them, and that Dennison refused under the plea that the quota of Ohio was already full.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 145]

July 17, 1862
R.J. See, Baggage Master, C & M Railroad, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he would like to get up a company for the 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he could get a great many boys to go with him who would not go with anybody else.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 157]

July 17, 1862
W.G. Sherwin, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he sent Hill a letter the other day asking for an order to be mustered out and in again as per printed instructions, that as he had not heard from Hill, he supposed it was his duty to consider himself still under orders to recruit his company, and that recruiting was much better now and he was ready to go to work; asking if Hill had any orders; and stating that the men in the regiment would probably recommend him for a field office if his company was placed in either of the regiments raised locally.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 184]

July 17, 1862
W.R. Smith, Secretary, and R.W. Clarke, Chairman, Regimental Committee for Brown County, Clermont County, Highland County, and Ross County, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To ? Report of a meeting of the committee.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 143]

July 17, 1862
W[illiam] M. Vogleson, 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio. To the Military Committee at Alliance, Ohio. Letter signed by twenty-five individuals; stating that Israel J. Deemer, late of Columbiana, Ohio, was a member of Company C, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Deemer had been serving in the ranks for fourteen months with honor and credit to himself and his country, and that Deemer was 23 years of age, of intelligence, energy, and good character, and would do credit to any position his friends requested for him; and asking that the committee recommend Deemer's appointment as 2nd Lieutenant to the regiment of infantry about to be raised in the military district encompassing Columbiana. Bears a note from the Military Committee of Columbiana County; recommending Deemer for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 87]

July 17, 1862
George G. Washburn, Secretary, Military Committee of Lorain County, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the committee unanimously recommended J. Centz of Avon, Lorain County as a proper person to be appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the regimental district, and that Dr. Townshend would confer with Tod on sundry matters connected with the service there. By order of the committee.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 183]

July 18, 1862
C. Ball, Manufacturer of Reapers, Mowers, Threshing Machines, and other Agricultural Implements, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To John H. Klippart. Letter asking Klippart to take the enclosed letter to Governor [David] Tod and see if he would grant his son, James, a recruiting commission; and stating that the cause moved rather tardily in their section, that if he could get a commission for his son, he was confident of being able to raise quite a number of men through his own influence, that James was through the fight at Shiloh and manifested pluck to the backbone, and that his son would make a splendid looking officer, being as straight as a stick.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 162]

July 18, 1862
Malcolm C. Billman, Hammondsville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter applying for an appointment; and stating that he wished to act as Major in one of the regiments now being organized in Ohio, that he did not wish to be appointed by political influence or anything of the kind, that he wished to be appointed as a man who desired a speedy consummation of the present awful war, that he had been employed in the school room for some years, but his service was now needed worse in the field, that if the Governor could not appoint him Major, he wished to be commissioned to recruit, and that he was no West Point man, but he knew the Major's duty and felt confident that he could do it.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 99]

July 18, 1862
William Callihan, Captain, Recruiting Service, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been assigned Hancock County, Wood County, Sandusky County, and Seneca County in which to recruit a company, that the Adjutant General's order of July 9 had deprived him of the power to get men outside of Seneca County, that the Military Committee of Sandusky County would not permit his Lieutenant to recruit men for the company as they wanted all the men for their district, and that he had the power to select his Lieutenants and said order deprived him of those he did select; asking what he should do, and if said order assigned him to the 101st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he was at a loss to know how to proceed.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 197]

July 18, 1862
John Campbell, Chairman, and C.G. Hawley, Secretary, Military Committee of Lawrence County, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter listing the members of the Military Committee of Lawrence County.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 214]

July 18, 1862
William Carroll, 1st Lieutenant, 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Jackson Court House, Jackson County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that since his arrival home, there was a new military committee, that word that the troops would serve only one year instead of three had made quite a change in the number of applicants for offices, that a move was supposedly afoot to induce Tod to revoke the appointments there, and that he was satisfied no such thing would be done, but they could not get recruits until they had an assurance of the permanency of their appointments; and requesting a line by return mail so he could proceed at once to business. Bears a pencilled note stating that Carroll had age and intelligence enough to teach him better than to get in a "fidget" and neglect his duties because those who lived upon such stuff would circulate rumors, and that it would be time enough to talk about revocations when they were proposed at Columbus.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 58]

July 18, 1862
S.S. Cox, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that he had met an old friend, Captain Theophilus Gaines of the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Washington, that Gaines studied law with him at Cincinnati in 1850, and had been Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County, and that Gaines was not of his nor of the Governor's political antecedents, but was an energetic soldier who deserved promotion.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 74]

July 18, 1862
Isaac Davis, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he wished to recruit part of a company to crush the rebellion, that he thought himself suitable to fill the position of Lieutenant, that he wished Hill to send him the power and suitable papers and he would go to work immediately, that he was a farmer by occupation, and that suitable references would be given if required.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 43]

July 18, 1862
Boyd Elliott, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been acting as contractor and travelling agent for Miles Greenwood of Cincinnati, that he would guarantee to raise a regiment of 1,000 men and have them ready for mustering into U.S. service in 35 days from the date of receiving authority provided Tod gave him $1,000 to pay such expenses as he might deem necessary and promised that none but experienced officers should be placed over them, that never having belonged to a military company of any kind, he was ignorant of the entire subject except for what he had learned during years travelling with the army, and that consequently, he would not accept any commission; and citing references.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 231]

July 18, 1862
J.D. Ensign, Clerk, Court of Common Pleas, Ashtabula County, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To ? Document certifying that A.B. Watkins, by whom the annexed and foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof the Mayor of Rock Creek Borough within and for Ashtabula County, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same, and that he was acquainted with the handwriting of said Mayor and believed the signature purporting to be his was genuine.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 92]

July 18, 1862
Frederick J. Ferris, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he saw by the accompanying notice that his brother's name (James L. Ferris) appeared as having been appointed Captain in the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking if his brother was to be commissioned as Captain in the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or if it was a recruiting appointment, the same as was given him when at Columbus a short time since; and stating that his brother was absent from the city, and that if his brother was duly commissioned as Captain in the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he would telegraph him to return immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 89]

July 18, 1862
George Frith, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that about 12 months ago, his son (Joseph Frith) answered the call of his country, left a comfortable home, and for somewhat higher motive than the monthly pittance he received, entered the ranks as a Private in Company D, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had learned from officers and comrades that his son was every inch a soldier and one of the most popular young men in his company, if not in the whole regiment, that in the only two opportunities before the enemy, his son had signalized himself by his zeal and courage, that his son was an intelligent young man, honest (a rare qualification if one half of what he read was true), honorable, and a patriot, that he wanted Tod to give his son a Captain's commission and send him home, that if anybody in that section could get up a company in such a dark hour, he thought his son could, that his son was very popular with the young men in their township who had heard of his daring and would eagerly enlist under him, that those who responded to the first call of their country and who had experience and capacity entitling them to a wider sphere of action than a Private's station could offer should be promoted, and that Bishop [Charles P.] McIlvaine could attest to his standing in the community.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 228]

July 18, 1862
H.B. Fry, and William H. Sarles, Military Committee of Marion County, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter reporting on committee activities, including the unanimous recommendation of Captain A.H. Brown to be Lieutenant Colonel of the 96th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that there seemed to be great doubt whether Tod would recognize the committee as reorganized.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 195]

July 18, 1862
O[liver] D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, District of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To ? Special Orders No. 107; stating that the resignation of Captain Harrington S. Weston, Company F, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted and he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States on July 18, 1862. By command of Major General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 82]

July 18, 1862
G. Harsh, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter introducing the bearer, Augustus T. Ricks of Massillon, Ohio; and stating that Ricks deemed it his duty to go into the service of his country and solicited a commission as 2nd Lieutenant to raise volunteers for the 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he was intimately acquainted with Ricks and had no hesitancy in recommending him as worthy, competent, and of undoubted good moral character.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 192]

July 18, 1862
Asa R. Hillyer, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant; requesting a copy of "Army Regulations" and some work on tactics; and stating that he understood they were furnished to officers on receipting for the same.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 45]