July 18, 1862
Dwight Jarvis, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the bearer, Augustus J. Rixsa, a student of Gambier and a resident of Massillon, as a candidate for 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that Rixsa had deemed it his duty to leave college and take a commission if Tod should think proper to appoint him, and that if the service could be supplied with all such young men, the American army would be invincible.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 193]

July 18, 1862
G.W. King, Chairman, Brown County Military Committee. To ? Letter stating that the committee recommended William Hays as a suitable person for Captain of the company to be raised in Brown County for the 89th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 182]

July 18, 1862
John M. Kirkbride, Secretary, Monroe County Military Committee, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that the Monroe County Military Committee recommended Milton Patton of Woodsfield as a suitable person to raise and command a company for the 92nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and requested that a Lieutenant's commission issue to him for said purpose.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 194]

July 18, 1862
C. Lake, Secretary, Wayne County Military Committee, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that they had application from several young men now in the army as non-commissioned officers and Privates for positions as recruiting Lieutenants and Captains if recommended by the committee; and asking if these young men could have furloughs or be discharged from their respective companies for said purpose. Bears a pencilled note from Hill stating that he would try to have the young men in question transferred and in many cases could probably succeed, but everything depended upon the War Department and consent might be refused.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 158]

July 18, 1862
J.C. Lake, Big Prairie, Wayne County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been discharged from the service on account of having three fingers on his left hand shot off, that he would like to get a commission to recruit, that he wanted to recruit for all Ohio regiments, and that there were boys locally who would enlist if they could go to the regiments containing their friends.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 76]

July 18, 1862
Solomon Lind, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter introducing A. Ricks of Massillon; and stating that Ricks was visiting for the purpose of procuring a commission to get up recruits for the 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Ricks was a young man of excellent habits and qualifications, and would be a good man to enlist their young men as he was universally popular with them, and that he trusted Tod would give Ricks a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 193]

July 18, 1862
A.P. Miller, Editor, Scioto Gazette, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he wanted the position of Quartermaster in one of the new Ohio regiments, that he believed he could serve his country in that position more effectively than in any other, that in recruiting, he knew he could do good service and that was the kind of work most needed just now, that he would not be found wanting, that he did not seek the place for the purpose of making money, that pecuniarily, it would be a sacrifice for him to take it, that petitions didn't amount to much for almost everybody who was asked would sign, and that if Tod wanted one, he could get it with any number of good names in a very short time; and citing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 229]

July 18, 1862
Joshua S. Miller, Union City, Indiana. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been called on by the young men of Darke County to recruit a company for one of the regiments to be raised in the district, and that if the privilege was granted him as a recruiting officer, he could have a company in camp in a short time.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 95]

July 18, 1862
John Mills, et. al., Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by five individuals; requesting the appointment of the Honorable William R. Putnam of Marietta as commandant of Camp Marietta; and stating that they felt assured that the interests of the government and of the troops would be carefully protected, that they were governed by Putnam's efforts as Chairman of the Military Committee of Washington County and by his ability and fitness for the position in all its details, that Putnam's residence almost adjoined the grounds heretofore occupied as a camp, and that Putnam had always exercised a care over the regiments previously organized there and had been the respected adviser of both officers and men.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 226]

July 18, 1862
C.H. Mitchener, Chairman, Military Committee of Tuscarawas County, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that there was a gentleman in Tuscarawas County who proposed raising a company of cavalry in 30 days, or thereabouts, if acceptable to the State, that said individual and his men had been wanting to get into the cavalry branch of the service since the war commenced, that the committee endeavored to get them to enter as infantry in the 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as well as the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but failed, that they would only go as horsemen, that a portion were some of the best horsemen in Tuscarawas County and would make excellent rangers for service in Kentucky, that their leader, Henry Ziegler, had called on the committee again that day and offered services, etc., and that if the State needed cavalry and would give Ziegler an order, the committee thought he would turn out a company of "Black Horse Cavalry" in a short time; asking if they could accept Ziegler or not; and stating that their committee was at Steubenville arranging the preliminaries for the Camp Steubenville regiment.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 44]

July 18, 1862
John Newton, Member of the Military Committee of Washington County, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting the appointment of William R. Putnam as commandant of Camp Marietta; and stating that he knew Putnam to be well fitted for the position in every respect, that Putnam's appointment would give entire satisfaction throughout the district, that having been associated with Putnam on the Military Committee for the last twelve months and witnessing his untiring efforts to protect their government, he felt assured they would have the right man in the right place, that there were some troops already enlisted who were only waiting for the camp to be opened that they might come in, and that he would suggest that the appointment be made as soon as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 227]

July 18, 1862
J[acob] B. Orman, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he had received notice of his appointment as Quartermaster of the 90th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; accepting the appointment; and stating that he would await orders at Lancaster, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 232]

July 18, 1862
A.M. Pratt, Bryan, Williams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he was told that a number of Williams County men in Hoffman's Battalion of guards at Johnson's Island were desirous of being transferred into active service; and asking if their wishes could be granted.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 232]

July 18, 1862
Thomas T. Scott, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the Cincinnati Times of July 17 brought the intelligence that the U.S. Senate had confirmed the nomination of J[oshua] W. Sill as Brigadier General of volunteers, in which capacity he had been acting for some months, that this confirmation created a vacancy in the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry of which Sill was Colonel, that it would be highly gratifying to a large circle of friends if Tod conferred the appointment of Colonel of the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on Lieutenant Colonel Oscar F. Moore who had been acting Colonel of the regiment for some time past, that Moore had the highest confidence of his superior officers and was extremely popular with his men, that Moore required his men to attend strictly to their duties and yet treated them kindly, that the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had probably seen as much hard service in the way of marching as any other one, that the regiment had a campaign in eastern Kentucky the previous Fall and then marched overland by way of Bowling Green to Huntsville, Alabama, in the neighborhood of which the regiment was now encamped, and that he was a hearty supporter of the Union party.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 106]

July 18, 1862
C. Shunk, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was poor, indeed destitute, that he was too old for a soldier, that he wished an appointment as Quartermaster, that he was poor for the first time in his life and his family was miserable, that Tod was well enough acquainted with him to know that he could perform the duties of Quartermaster, and that poverty was the most horrible misery.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 17]

July 18, 1862
A Soldier, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting a commission for Charles H. Bowers as 1st Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 59]

July 18, 1862
William L. Spearing, Private, Company D, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wade, near Alexandria, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter calling Tod's attention to an important feature of the service hitherto grossly neglected by the authorities having the power of remedy; stating that he alluded to the position and pay of clerks of divisions and brigades, that this class was taken from the ranks, did the duties of competent clerks, and were remunerated with the rank and pay of Private with the addition of 25 cents or 40 cents per diem, that this might be proper for inferior clerks, but for experienced men it was totally inadequate to their intrinsic worth, that in the management of a division or brigade, the services of a competent clerk were indispensable, that in his own case, he regarded it as a grievous hardship, that he had been in the regular service for five years and was a competent military clerk, that he was constantly forced to contrast his position with those of men wearing epaulettes who were as far behind him in military experience as he was behind them in rank and pay, that he left a wife and children to serve the country and they were suffering in consequence of this gross injustice, that being a clerk, he was out of the line of promotion, that having served faithfully, he was requesting a commission in one of the regiments now organizing, that as an experienced military man, he could be of eminent service in the organization and future prosperity of the regiment, and that he could be instrumental in preventing the gross errors frequently committed by inexperienced officers to the detriment of both men and service; and citing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 24]

July 18, 1862
C.J. Sprague, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter asking what was required to secure a commission as Captain or Lieutenant in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 96]

July 18, 1862
I. Steese, President, Merchants Bank of Massillon, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Augustus Ricks of Massillon was a young man of good character and high standing in the community, and that Ricks' appointment as Lieutenant in their new regiment would give general satisfaction.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 190]

July 18, 1862
Arch V. Stewart, Captain, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was desirous of being appointed Captain of a company in the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and wished the appointment of Elmer W. Williams as 2nd Lieutenant and Milton I. Blair as 1st Lieutenant. Bears a note from J[onah] R. Taylor, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending the appointments.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 186]

July 18, 1862
B. Storer, et. al., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by six parties; recommending the appointment of Theophilus Kates as junior 2nd Lieutenant of the 5th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; and stating that they believed Kates, both in respect to private worth and military attainments, to be well qualified for the position requested.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 127]

[July] 18, 1862
William H. Thornton, 1st Lieutenant, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he arrived at Defiance on July 17 and had recruited five men, and that the number subsisted was four men; and asking several questions regarding recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 102]

July 18, 1862
G.H. Topping, Chairman, and L. Jeff. Sprengle, Secretary, Ashland County Military Committee, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the committee recommended John McNaul as a person qualified for the position of Captain for one of the companies for the 102nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to be formed in the military district composed of Ashland County, Holmes County, Richland County, and Wayne County, that McNaul was a man of good character, and that having seen service, McNaul was well qualified for the position to which they recommended him.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 203]

July 18, 1862
G.H. Topping, Chairman, L. Jeff. Sprengle, Secretary, Ashland County Military Committee, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the committee recommended Joseph R. Folwell for the position of 1st Lieutenant in one of the companies to be raised in Ashland County for the 102nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Folwell was well qualified for the position and "unexceptionable" in character.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 204]

July 18, 1862
S.W. Vincent, Pierpont, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that under the late call for volunteers, the quota for Ashtabula County would be about two hundred men, that these could only be raised by strenuous exertions and he had yet to learn that such efforts had been made, that the inducements held out to men to work in the harvest fields had, in a great measure, counteracted the influence of recruiting officers, that there were a great many men who would eagerly volunteer, but for the privations of the families of those who enlisted in the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he spoke from observation when he said that some of them were often in want of the necessaries of life, that large corporate bodies had a decided advantage over smaller towns in enrolling volunteers, that the City Council of Cleveland had voted an appropriation of $35,000 for that purpose to be paid in advance bounties, that their smaller towns in the area had no such resources, hence the laxity of men to respond promptly to Tod's urgent call, that he had received an offer of the post of Orderly Sergeant of a company of sharpshooters from S.B. Hopkins of Pierpont, that Hopkins claimed to have received an appointment from Tod for raising said company, that he accepted Hopkins' offer with alacrity because he had a wife and two infant children depending upon his daily labor and the increased wages ($22 per month) would enable him to leave them in more comfortable circumstances, that Hopkins had obtained no recruits as yet and it was feared that he would scarcely succeed in his efforts, that he wished an appointment from Tod which would be equivalent to the post of Orderly Sergeant, that he did not care about what post he received or where it might be so long as it was where he could serve his country and at the same time fulfill his duty to his family, and that he could furnish Tod with references, but preferred to let actions speak for themselves and promotion follow, not precede, merit.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 25]

July 18, 1862
Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that ten 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 147-42: 140]

July 18, 1862
Octavius Waters, Chairman, and O.B. Verity, Secretary, Military Committee of Fulton County, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the committee chose Lawrence Berry Smith for Captain, Eugene Blake for 1st Lieutenant, and Emmet Losier for 2nd Lieutenant for a company from Fulton County to serve in the 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry camped at Toledo, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 194]

July 18, 1862
Edward Wolff, and John Masminster, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that in view of the approaching danger with which their borders were at that moment threatened by the guerilla [John H.] Morgan, whose forces were in close proximity to their beloved city, it became necessary to adopt some means whereby they might be enabled to cope with the daring outlaws menacing their borders and homes and capture the murderous band of roving marauders whose acts had desolated a large portion of their sister state of Kentucky, that feeling it utterly impossible to organize and discipline a sufficient force according to the established rules of warfare to meet this imminent danger, they proposed to adopt the same means now being employed for their destruction, accept the gauntlet thrown down by Morgan, and give him battle in his chosen way, that they proposed to raise, without delay, a force of 300 men, that they would rely on their individual efforts for this number to which could be added all the men required for the undertaking, provided that Tod gave them the assurance that arms and equipment would be furnished by the State, and that if Tod would satisfy them of this, a force could be raised in Cincinnati alone which would sweep the piratical horde from their borders to return no more.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 233]

July 19, 1862
J.V. Beery, Captain, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter stating that four were subsisted at his station on July 18 and one was temporarily absent; asking if he could recruit a boy under eighteen, with the consent of his parents, for a drummer boy, and if it was necessary for the person he enlisted for teamster to have good upper teeth; and stating that he had a good one in view, but part of his upper teeth were out. Bears a pencilled note stating that the answer to the first question was yes and that the second question should be referred to a horse doctor.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 16]

July 19, 1862
Horace N. Bill, United States Marshal's Office, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter requesting the promotion of Horace H. Bill, son of Earl Bill, U.S. Marshal; and stating that Horace H. Bill was late Sergeant Major of the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that recently, Bill voluntarily surrendered his position and went back into the ranks as a Private so as to be in the line of promotion, that Bill was soon appointed 1st Sergeant, that Bill was worthy of at least a Lieutenancy in one of the new regiments and would be particularly valuable in raising and drilling recruits, that Bill could have the assistance and influence of his father and his friends to aid him in procuring enlistments, and that Bill was his nephew.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 62]