July 21, 1862
O.B. Chapman, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter supporting James F. Smith's application for a commission to raise a company; and stating that Smith was a man of great moral worth and did not know what fear was, that Smith had three sons now in the army, that he knew of numbers of persons thereabouts who would volunteer under Smith who would not go with either of the persons authorized to enlist in Sandusky County, that he was certain Smith could raise 100 men without going over seven miles either way from his home, that four counties joined within a mile of Smith's house, that if allowable, Smith should have authority to enlist in all of them, and that he had no doubt of Smith's ability to raise a company in Sandusky County alone.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 20]

July 21, 1862
P.B. Cole, et. al., Military Committee of Union County, Marysville, Union County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the committee unanimously recommended Horatio C. Hamilton to be commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 96th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 200]

July 21, 1862
William L. Cole, Chairman, Military Committee of Ottawa County, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that they met on July 19, and filled the existing vacancy by the appointment of Adolphus Kraemer to the committee, and that their boys were at work to raise Ottawa County's proportion of men under the last call.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 215]

July 21, 1862
Levi Cox, and M. Welker, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Reasin B. Spink and William H. McClure for appointment as Lieutenants in Company E, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears an endorsement of McClure from C.W.B. Allison, Colonel, 85th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 224]

July 21, 1862
S.E. Douglass, Sergeant, Company B, Hoffman's Battalion, Johnson's Island. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he wished to obtain a Lieutenant's commission in active service.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 34]

July 21, 1862
J.M. Estep, Chairman, and John S. Pearce, Secretary, Harrison County Military Committee, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending Edwin S. Woodborne for the position of 2nd Lieutenant to recruit in Harrison County; and stating that they believed Woodborne would do well in recruiting, that this made five recommendations for 2nd Lieutenants, and that they thought it best to leave Captain and 1st Lieutenants open for the present.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 209]

July 21, 1862
J.M. Estep, Chairman, and John S. Pearce, Secretary, Harrison County Military Committee, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending George W. Voorhes for the position of 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that Voorhes was a first rate man, that they believed Voorhes would recruit well, and that they would defer making recommendations for other than recruiting officers at present.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 210]

July 21, 1862
W.W. Goodwin, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that there was a young man by the name of Henry S. Pickands who was quite popular among that class of Cleveland citizens who belonged to the fire department, that Pickands was foreman of one of the fire companies, that Pickands was certain that if he received authority to raise a company of infantry in Cleveland for the war and the Lieutenants of his own choice were appointed, he could raise a company of good, strong men, men who would be able to carry their own knapsack and musket without getting tired out the first day, that there were quite a number of Pickands' "chums" who would go to war under him but would not go under some other men, that Pickands had applied to the military committee for a position but was too late as they had recommended all that Cleveland was entitled to have in the regiment now forming there, that Pickands served in the "Cleveland Grays", 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and was quite proficient in the drills of a company, that his object in writing was to see if something could be done for Pickands, and that Pickands could get good recruits faster and quicker than any other person in Cleveland.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 29]

July 21, 1862
George W. Gregg, Chairman, and James Reber, Secretary, Pickaway County Military Committee, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter listing those individuals nominated by the committee to be officers in the two companies assigned to Pickaway County for the 90th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 211]

July 21, 1862
Frank R. Heckler, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter enclosing a certificate for a substitute furnished to Captain Mitchell of the 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking Hill to record it and acknowledge receipt if necessary.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 212]

July 21, 1862
J.R. Hubbell, Chairman, and George F. Stayman, Secretary, Military Committee of Delaware County, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the committee recommended H.J. Jarvis and J.N. Dunlap to be commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants for the two companies to be raised in Delaware County for the 96th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 205]

July 21, 1862
Frederick T. Hurxthal, Surgeon, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the friends of Mathew Whipple, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were presenting his name for an appointment to a Lieutenancy, that during the past year, he had frequent opportunities to observe Whipple, that he had no hesitation in commending Whipple to Tod's favorable consideration for the position solicited by his friends, that Whipple had been connected with the medical department of his regiment for the past six or eight months as Hospital Steward, and that Whipple had filled said post with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 169]

July 21, 1862
Adolph Joseph, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter applying for the position of secretary to the Colonel of one of the regiments now being raised in Ohio; and stating that he was seventeen years old, and that if he had been of sufficient size according to regulations of the U.S. Army, he would have been in service long since.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 37]

July 21, 1862
F.M. Keith, et. al., Military Committee of Jackson County, Jackson Court House, Jackson County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the committee recommended Joseph S. Jeffries of Jackson County as a suitable person to fill the office of 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 91st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 209]

July 21, 1862
B.P. Lindsey, Wintersville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter returning his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 98th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that circumstances beyond his control prevented him from accepting the appointment at present, that he had a brother in the army before Richmond who was desperately wounded and perhaps had died, and that this had distressed his widowed mother and the members of their family to the extent that he deemed it improper to do anything now to give them further grievance.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 41]

July 21, 1862
George E. Lorentz, and P.M. Lorentz, Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that they were desirous of being appointed as Hospital Stewards in the 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they had been in the drug business upwards of two years and could give the best of recommendations as to other points, and that if they could not be appointed in the 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they would be glad to get into any other regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 18]

July 21, 1862
Bela G. Merrill, Sergeant, Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that there were numbers of men in Morrow County offering to enlist under him daily if he got a commission to recruit, that he thought he could get a company of men or a part of a company in a short time at Cardington, that he had been in the service in the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since its first organization, that he was about to get a discharge on account of disease contracted in his left arm rendering him unfit for ordinary duty, and that he would give the best of references if required.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 32]

July 21, 1862
J.L. Miner, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Isaac Miner Kirby of Upper Sandusky was one of the most competent men for the position of Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel now available in Ohio, that Kirby was about 29 years of age, that at about 17 years of age, Kirby went into the railroad service and subsequently became a construction engineer working in Ohio, the northwest, and Cuba at different times until the war broke out, that Kirby acquired a high reputation for faithfulness, energy, and competency in his profession, that Kirby raised a company and became attached to the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that after finding that Colonel [George W. Andrews] did not go into the service to fight, Kirby, Captain (now Colonel) [Moses R.] Dickey, and another Captain, who took a different view of the matter of fighting from their Colonel, got their companies detached and did much hard service and some hard fighting, that in western Virginia, they acquired the name of "Dickey's bloodhounds", that on being discharged from the three months' service, Kirby at once raised another company for the war and became again a part of the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry under Colonel Dickey, that the Fall and Winter campaign in Kentucky so impaired Kirby's health that he was compelled to resign, that he understood Kirby's health was restored and that he was now engaged in raising another company under the new levy, that Kirby was his nephew, but that weighed nothing with him, and that he did not intend to have any of the responsibility of putting forth or recommending incompetents in those times.
3 pp. [Series 147-42: 32]

July 21, 1862
Michael O'Dea, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting an appointment to some small office.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 72]

July 21, 1862
P.W. Parkhurst, Townsend, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting an appointment as one of the field officers of the 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and citing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 41]

July 21, 1862
Aaron Phillips, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter enclosing a certificate of a substitute named Patrick Tinley furnished in accordance with the Governor's appeal of July 8, for which he had paid twenty dollars.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 213]

July 21, 1862
George E. Ross, Captain, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Buckeye Regiment), Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To General. Letter regarding his company and the commissioning of officers therein. Bears the endorsement of Ben[jamin] P. Runkle, Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 207]

July 21, 1862
John T. Shryock, Office of the Daily Zanesville Courier and Weekly Courier and Gazette, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the 97th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry could not be raised with the officers recommended by the military committee so far as they were made from Muskingum County, that however clever a young man might be, he did not think that an individual of 22 or 24 had the experience to command a regiment, that he did not think that an individual with 15 months in military service, a part of which time had been spent at home on furlough, would give satisfaction to men in the ranks who had better judgment and more experience, that he would not have the person recommended for Quartermaster in debt to him for ten dollars as said individual would be likely to repudiate it, that if the 97th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had such officers as people could have confidence in, he could do something towards encouraging enlistments, and that in his opinion, the army was cursed with officers who had never done anything anywhere else and who did nothing in the army.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 35]

July 21, 1862
Joseph Sutphin, Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he received a 2nd Lieutenant's commission in the 93rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for his son, Charles Sutphin, that his son was now in southwestern Virginia in service and it would require 18 or 20 days to get him home, and that in the meantime, he would have men recruiting for his son.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 39]

July 21, 1862
Benjamin Turner, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter requesting a commission as a Captain of volunteers; and stating that he was confident of his ability to get up a company of good men in a reasonable time.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 28]

July 22, 1862
Thomas L. Bartow, Galion, Crawford County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he understood that the Military Committee of Crawford County had made their recommendations for the officers of the two companies to be raised in Crawford County, that he was convinced that there had been underhanded work in the matter, that he had been in the service some ten months as Sergeant in the 16th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, that Tod must know that his qualifications were better than those who had not been in the service and those who could not be hired to go into the service as a Private, and that his recommendation was on file in the Adjutant General's office.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 33]

July 22, 1862
Ezra Brown, et. al., Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by thirteen individuals; and recommending M.L. Higgins as a true patriotic citizen of Hancock County who was competent and worthy to be appointed to a position in the army.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 235]

July 22, 1862
J.H. Snedeker, Galion, Crawford County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he supposed he had been superseded as Captain in the 101st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by William Parsons of Galion for some cause or other, that Parsons was a man of no military attainments whatsoever and had never been drilled, that Parsons was a wealthy man while he was a poor man, that he thought it pretty hard to be superseded in the matter, and that he hoped Tod would give him something to do in the army or elsewhere.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 36]

July 22, 1862
Gustav C.E. Weber, Surgeon General of Ohio, Headquarters, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Surgeon General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that the Governor had appointed Joel Morse, M.D. of Cleveland as Surgeon of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now forming at Camp Dennison; and requesting that Hill order Morse to report to the Post Surgeon of Camp Chase to assist in the examination of sick and wounded soldiers ordered to that post by Order of the War Department No. 65.
1 p. [Series 147-42: 208]

July 22, 1862
Gustav C.E. Weber, Surgeon General of Ohio, Headquarters, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Surgeon General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter listing various individuals who had been appointed by the Governor to the medical staff of Ohio volunteer forces.
2 pp. [Series 147-42: 218]