Information from Scott T. Glass, History of the Doles-Cook Brigade by Henry W. Thomas, Camp Fires of Georgia Troops 1861-1865 by William S. Smedlund, Battle History of the 44th Georgia. I wish to thank all that have given me information over the years to make this possible. And Now:
January 1862
February 10, 2012
Governor
Joseph E. Brown issued a
proclamation to the citizens of the
state on
Accordingly,
the Adjutant General of Georgia General Henry C. Wayne issued General
Order No. 2, it contained
eight main points.
1.
It
directed militia officials to call musters on the following March 4 to
enroll citizens and aliens
in the militia. Enrollees could volunteer for Confederate service with a
2. The order required every white, able-bodied male between the ages of eighteen and forth-five not already serving to present themselves for enrollment in the militia unless already exempted by law.
3.
It
authorized militia officials to organize companies and hold elections
for company officers if
between 78 and 114 men volunteered for Confederate service.
4.
The
order described conditions under which the senior militia official could
hold a draft to meet a
district or county goal required by the state.
5. It announced that the term of volunteer service would be three years or the duration of the war.
6. The order set the volunteer enlistment bounty at $50 per private. Predictably, drafted men received no bounty.
7.
It
selected three camps of instruction near
8.
The
order required officials to arrange for surgeons or doctors to conduct a
physical examination of
each recruit volunteer.'
Governor
Brown's proclamation and General Wayne's General Order No. 2 set in motion
a process that would produce almost thirty additional regiments of
infantry by late spring of
1862. These two documents also led directly to the formation of the 44th
Georgia Infantry.