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2nd Battalion, CSA
In obedience to Orders, I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the 44th Georgia, Company C under the command of Captain Arthur Mallette in the field from April 22 to 24, inclusive:
Responding to a call to arms, the 44th Georgia, Company C made arrangements to join a larger force of the Army of Northern Virginia, arriving in camp beginning in the afternoon of April 22nd. We set up the Company street within close proximity to the camps belonging to the Northern Army without altercation.
Friday evening’s meal was secured from a local establishment who catered to our needs although the fare had it’s ill effects on those partaking of the suspect offerings. Those in attendance through the weekend included Captain Mallette, 1st Sergeant Rick Sasor, Corporal Mike Lordi and Privates Haywood, Marshall and Van Hine.
Saturday afternoon we were summoned to form up and prepare for battle and supported by artillery fire we engaged the Yankee forces. Firing along our lines was scattered, and a fresh line of troops on our right flank entered the fray and pressed the Yankees forcing their gradual retreat.
To our front the fighting continued, the Federals making a stand and matching our fire, volley for volley. Resistance stiffened in the vicinity of Shiloh church and the hard fight began to take it’s toll as casualties mounted and we subsequently gave ground. As the afternoon went on we returned to camp, prepared dinner and tended to our rifles. R
The early hours of Sunday brought a brisk and peaceful night, and at sunrise the smells of coffee infiltrated the air. Around noon time we formed up again to participate in an attack in an effort to drive the blue belies from the area.
The attack began as hoped, a hard-driving wall of power that stormed the Federal position in one great wave. The Yankees continued to fall back into a tree line and we were commanded to branch to the left as the Federals right wing withdrew, successfully removed that threat from the foray, whereupon we wheeled right flanking the Yankee center and silencing an artillery battle.
The battle having ended, we reformed and prepared to break camp, having burned a great deal of powder, glad for the pleasantry of the weather and the fellowship of friends, new and old.
To that end, let us all gather again under the banner of the 44th and continue to protect our deserved way of life.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pvt. Jim Marshall
44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Co. C.
The Johnson Guards
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