July 25, 1862
Finlay Strong, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter regarding the recommendations made by the Military Committee of the 9th District for officers of the 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-43: 143]
July 25, 1862
J[onah] R. Taylor, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter requesting that Hill review Captain [Lewis C.] Simmons' appointment and send the same to him.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 161]
July 25, 1862
Thomas M. Vincent, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that nine 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 147-43: 186]
July 25, 1862
D.F. Waltz, 2nd Lieutenant, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Recruiting Station, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that on July 23, he mustered three men into service, that on July 24, he mustered two men into service, and that he had seven men in all; asking what he was to do with the 1st Lieutenant of the company; stating that the 1st Lieutenant had not done any service yet, and that he heard the 1st Lieutenant intended to resign; and asking if the 1st Lieutenant was to be held as a Private after he resigned.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 107]
July 26, 1862
L.D. Burbank, 2nd Lieutenant, 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had accepted the appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of the 105th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and been sworn into office.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 139]
July 26, [1862]
W.W. Hunt, Captain, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C[harles] W. Hill. Letter requesting two blank enlistment rolls.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 232]
July 26, 1862
S.S. Hutchins, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting a position as clerk.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 135]
July 26, 1862
Wilson B. Knapp, Adams Township, Lucas County, Ohio. To James E. Lewis, Clerk, Quartermaster's Department. Letter regarding his discharge papers; and stating that he had been a Private in Company A, 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had received only two months pay, that he had been sick for a long time, and that he had no means to help himself.
3 pp. [Series 147-43: 209]
July 26, 1862
Newton S. McAbee, American House, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he was a Sergeant in the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, without being discharged from the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting a discharge from the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and final statement so that he could draw his back pay.
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 193]
July 26, 1862
Frank Seaman, Flat Top Mountain, Virginia. To Dear Sir. Letter requesting that the addressee examine the muster roll of Company I, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) to see if the name of Frank Seaman appeared upon it.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 234]
July 26, 1862
J.H. Sieg, Hale, Hardin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that he had been assisting the recruiting officers in the neighborhood for a week or two and found two or three young men who said they would volunteer provided they could join the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 150]
July 26, 1862
John W. Stout, Captain recruiting for the 102nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter regarding a recruit who was not quite eighteen (lacking one month) and said his parents had given their consent; stating that the recruit's father wanted his son released, that when he refused to have the recruit discharged, the father had a writ of Habeas Corpus issued and the case brought before the Probate Court, and that the court decided that the recruit could not be held because he was not eighteen; and asking if the court had the right to discharge a man sworn into U.S. service. Bears a pencilled note stating that the court was right and that the recruiting officer was entirely wrong.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 191]
July 27, 1862
James L. Ferris, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting his commission as Captain in the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 165]
July 27, 1862
Alexander McConnell, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending George T. Lewis of Company I, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for the position of recruiting officer.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 189]
July 28, 1862
George Alexander, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that some boys of their town wanted to enlist as a scouting party; asking if Tod would accept 25 or 50 good, stout boys for that purpose; and stating that he thought he could enlist that many in two or three weeks.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 199]
July 28, 1862
George H. Bowman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter regarding a man who signed the enlistment rolls of two different companies; stating that he claimed the man; and asking the authorities to put a stop to this sort of thing.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 194]
July 28, 1862
Henry E. Bryan, Recruiting Officer, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter requesting information with regard to mustering in recruits for the new regiments; asking if it was the duty of the 2nd Lieutenant to muster in every man who enlisted in his company or did all the officers appointed for the company have the power to muster in the recruits; and stating that there was some misunderstanding on said point.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 193]
July 28, 1862
William L. Cole, Chairman, Ottawa County Military Committee, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter regarding the appointment of William S. Wood as a Lieutenant for Ottawa County; and stating that their officers were all appointed and they could not rescind any recommendation already made, and that recruiting was going along very well in Ottawa County.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 214]
July 28, 1862
James U. Griffith, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To General. Letter resigning his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in Captain J[ohn] H. Humphrey's company of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry recruiting at Delaware, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 227]
July 28, 1862
M.D. Hanover, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter inquiring as to the present location of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he wished to send some valuable papers to said regiment and would like to know its location, and that he also wanted to know the location of the 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 194]
July 28, 1862
J.E. Hoon, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting a position.
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 207]
July 28, 1862
D.C. Milner, Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter asking whether volunteers for nine months would be received in Ohio or not; and stating that if so, he would like to know the plan of recruiting and what recommendations were necessary to secure a commission to recruit, and that there were many in that part of the state who would go for nine months and could not leave for three years.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 232]
July 28, 1862
William Ramsey, Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter requesting a commission to recruit.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 207]
July 28, 1862
John C. Randal, Lieutenant, 97th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that by order of the Adjutant General of Ohio dated July 14, he was confined to Muskingum County to obtain recruits, that he received his appointment on July 7, and had been engaged at enlisting men from that time to the present, that since he received his commission, he had been informed by the military committee that they had recommended all the officers for the four companies to be raised in Muskingum County from Captain to 2nd Lieutenant and that the Governor had issued commissions for the same, that this being the case, there was one commissioned officer more than was required for four companies, and that if the Governor would receive five companies from Muskingum County, there would have to be two more commissioned officers appointed or chosen from the ranks and issued commissions bearing the date of their election.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 212]
July 28, 1862
C.L. Russell, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had been strongly urged by many of the businessmen of Cleveland to organize a battery of 4 or 6 guns, that he could raise the men in less than 30 days and make them efficient when they were in the field, and that all he wanted was the authority to do so.
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 196]
July 28, 1862
H.B. Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter requesting enlistment rolls.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 192]
July 29, 1862
J. Edward Jones, Auditor, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Charles W. Hill. Letter stating that he had received an order from the Governor to call upon the assessors to enroll the militia, but had not received the blank forms for that purpose; requesting said forms; and asking who were exempt from being enrolled (if any), and if the assessors were to be the judges of who were able-bodied or were they required to enroll all white male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45 regardless of physical ability.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 233]
July 29, 1862
W.S. Meranda, Enon, Clark County, Ohio. To Gentlemen. Letter stating that owing to severe sickness in his family, he was unable to attend to his duties as recruiting officer during the present week, and that he deemed it altogether prudent to resign his commission into the hands of someone who could devote their whole attention to this important matter.
2 pp. [Series 147-43: 213]
July 29, 1862
H[enry] G. Sheldon, Captain and Recruiting Officer, 101st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Greenwich Station, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter accepting the appointment of a Captaincy in the 101st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he received three men on July 28, and that there were three men present at his station.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 213]
July 29, 1862
P.S. Slevin, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. To Adjutant General [Charles W.] Hill. Letter stating that there were several men in Wood County who had been in the service, but were discharged for disability, that their disability was now removed, and that they were now able-bodied men fit for military duty and anxious to reenlist; asking if they could take these men; and stating that recruiting was progressing finely in Wood County.
1 p. [Series 147-43: 211]