Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Manning F. Force, June 10, 1861

Columbus, June 10, 1861.

Dear Force: — I do not dispatch you as to matters here, because it is not certain what will be done, but our present impression is, that we can get no additional companies into our regiment Full regiments have been made up, and the governor is assigning officers to them, or, rather, he makes up regimental staffs, and assigns companies from a list of accepted companies already in camp. . . .  This mode of doing the thing creates some difficulty, and changes are possible, but not probable. I regret this, but we can't perhaps change it. The governor is doing it in a frank, manly way which relieves us from all embarrassment in the premises.

Sincerely,

R. B. Hayes.

M. F. Force, Esq.

Cittcinnati.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 22-3