July 19, 1862
S.H. Bitler, Matchett, Darke County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting authority to raise a company of infantry in Darke County; stating that there were some in that section of the country who were willing to form themselves into a company, and that it would give him pleasure to recruit a company as he considered it a duty which he owed to his country, provided Tod gave him a commission as Captain; citing Colonel Granville Moody as a reference; and stating that he was willing to pass a military examination.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 31]

July 19, 1862
E[dward] A. Bratton, Lieutenant Colonel, 88th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Commanding Paroled U.S. Prisoners, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter introducing Captain D.G. Rabb of the 2nd Ind. Battery, who had charge of 28 paroled prisoners at Camp Chase; and stating that they wished to get at least two guns if possible, that it would be of benefit to discipline for the men to go to work, and that it would show a stronger force there and have a good effect so far as their "secesh" prisoners were concerned.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 163]

July 19, 1862
E.V. Brookfield, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To H.S. Miller, Assistant Adjutant General, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter requesting a copy of a muster roll from which he could make out his rolls.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 217]

July 19, 1862
Joseph Cable, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter complaining about William C. Scott, a common loafer, who got authority to raise a company of volunteers.
4 pp. [Series 147-42: 181]

July 19, 1862
John W. Caldwell, Chairman, and Rodney Foos, Secretary, Joint Committees of Hamilton County, Warren County, and Clinton County. To Governor David Tod. Letter listing those persons recommended for the commissioned offices in the three companies to be raised in Clinton County for the regiment to be raised in Clinton County, Warren County, and Hamilton County.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 206]

July 19, 1862
Albert B. Dod, Captain, 15th U.S. Infantry, Military Commander and Mustering Officer, Headquarters, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Nathan W. Daniels, 1st Lieutenant, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Letter stating that by special orders from the War Department, Daniels was hereby mustered out of the service of the United States from July 11, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 101]

July 19, 1862
R.M. Dyke, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Mathias Ridenour of Paulding County, Ohio desired an order to recruit a company in that county for the regiment to be organized in that district, that Ridenour was a stirring, energetic man, and that in his opinion, Ridenour would succeed in inducing men to go into the service who would not otherwise do so.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 208]

July 19, 1862
Edward M. Evans, Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he had been off on a furlough for some six or seven weeks, that he was a member of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that he had regained his health sufficiently that he thought he would be fit for service, and that he did not have any money to enable him to get to his regiment and would like to have some.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 174]

July 19, 1862
G.W. Gans, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that William H. Kline and Perry Alexander desired authority to raise a company of sharpshooters to be attached to such command as Tod might designate, and that they had the influence and money to make the undertaking successful.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 78]

July 19, 1862
M[urat] Halstead, Office, Cincinnati Daily and Weekly Commercial, Fourth and Race Streets, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that his brother, Benton Halstead, Sergeant Major of the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was fully competent to perform the duties of Adjutant, and that Governor [William] Dennison had offered his brother a Captaincy in the prisoners' guard at Sandusky Bay [Johnson's Island] and he refused it preferring active service.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 75]

July 19, 1862
D.A. Haynes, et. al., Military Committee for Montgomery County, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Adam Knecht, Jr. of Dayton as a suitable person to receive an appointment as Lieutenant in one of the regiments to be raised in Ohio; and stating that if practicable, Knecht preferred the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in which he was informed there were several vacancies, that Knecht was a member of the "Dayton Light Guard" for four years, and that Knecht's application was not pressed before the committee until their recommendations for the 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were made.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 201]

July 19, 1862
W.W. Hunt, Captain, Recruiting for the 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter reporting that he had enlisted two men; and requesting some blank reports and blank tickets of leave.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 19]

July 19, 1862
William Isenhour, Hill Grove, Darke County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the time of his furlough had expired, and that he did not have the means to get to Columbus; and requesting a pass.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 174]

July 19, 1862
Godfrey Jaeger, Woodville, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter pleading the case of Lieutenant J.J. Cook, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
4 pp. [Series 147-42: 80]

July 19, 1862
W.H. Kauffman, 2nd Lieutenant, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Recruiting Station, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had seven recruits in rendezvous and none at the station, that none had been recruited since his last report, that one man signed his enlistment roll with the understanding that he was enlisting for three years or during the war, and that said individual now refused to be sworn in; asking if he could hold him; and stating that said individual was nineteen years old and the consent of his parents had not been obtained. Bears a pencilled note stating that said individual could be held without the oath.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 100]

July 19, 1862
Daniel N. Kingery, Adjutant, 90th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting that his commission be sent to McArthur when it was made out.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 45]

July 19, 1862
H.C. Koogle, Sergeant, Company E, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Washington, D.C., Camp Wade, near Alexandria, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was very familiar with Hardee's tactics and felt confident of his ability to serve his country in a higher position, that the new regiments being formed would admit of many promotions and he would be most happy to be made a 2nd Lieutenant, and that he had a mother, small brother, and sister who were dependent on him, but requested the promotion for the good he thought he could do his country rather than for the pay.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 26]

July 19, 1862
George W. McCook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter recommending John Morrow for appointment as a Lieutenant to recruit in Jefferson County.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 216]

July 19, 1862
George W. Potter, Mount Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that it appeared there was but one recruiting officer in Morrow County and none in Marion County, and that if Tod would give him a Lieutenant's commission to recruit, he would go into the business at once.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 74]

July 19, 1862
John Rogers, Company C, Hoffman's Battalion, Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that he had seen a notice in the newspapers that all paroled prisoners were required to report to the governors of their respective states, that he wished to know whether he could be released from Johnson's Island for the purpose of reporting to the Governor of Pennsylvania, that he had been a member of the 71st Pennsylvania (or the 1st California), that he was taken prisoner at the battle of Ball's Bluff, and that he wished to get transportation from Johnson's Island to where he was required to report.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 72]

July 19, 1862
Jonas Smith, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had received a letter from Colonel B[arnabus] Burns, 86th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry requesting him to urge his appointment as Colonel of the 102nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now being organized at Mansfield.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 66]

July 19, 1862
S.H. Smith, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had been discharged from the service, but had not yet received his pay.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 100]

July 19, 1862
A. White, President, and James W. Crooks, Secretary, Military Committee of Hocking County. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending appointments to fill the offices in a company to be raised in Hocking County and adjoining counties for the 90th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 202]

July 20, 1862
Charles G. Barnd, Recruiting Lieutenant, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he was unable to report any men as yet, that he had talked to a great many who promised "fair" at a future day, but many answered by cursing the abolitionists, the administration, and the "wind up", that nothing short of a draft would do them, that he was recruiting in conjunction with Robert E. Patterson, that his orders dated from July 10, that he was to report to Columbus, and that this threw opposition in his way; asking if they could report to Camp Lima and go into the 99th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry of that district; and stating that the business would then be much better and easier, that they were as yet unassigned to any regiment, and that he believed it would be an advantage to be placed in the 99th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 171]

July 20, 1862
E.O. Brown, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting a commission to raise a battery of artillery.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 43]

July 20, 1862
Horatio Nelson Rankin, Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting a commission to raise a colored company, regiment, or brigade.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 36]

July 20, 1862
F.A. Wildman, Captain, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had established a recruiting office for the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Norwalk, that owing to the demand for labor and the high price paid for said labor, he had been unable to obtain any recruits up to the present time, and that a meeting was held at Norwalk on July 19, at which it was proposed to raise, by voluntary subscription, a sum sufficient to pay each volunteer $25 in addition to the bounty now provided by the government; and asking if he would be authorized to accept volunteers for twelve months to fill up the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the maximum number. Bears a pencilled note stating that he would not be so authorized without orders from Washington.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 15]

July 21, 1862
L.A. Atkinson, 1st Lieutenant, 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter asking, since the order making the 2nd Lieutenant the mustering-in officer, if the Captain and 1st Lieutenant were still required to report or if the 2nd Lieutenant reported for all.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 212]

July 21, 1862
Charles G. Barnd, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had scheduled meetings for every night that week, and that the result of his work the previous week was yet unknown; requesting instructions as to what regiment he was recruiting for; and stating that he wanted in the 99th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and could do nothing there for any other regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 213]

July 21, 1862
George A. Bullis, Madison, Lake County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter regarding his discharge from the service as a Corporal in Company K, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 176]