About 125 were on parade. Horses look very well generally, a few were poor. Many men had no arms, about 125 guns are needed in the battalion. Clothing will be needed for all in two months. Some need it now.
Drill is poor.
The men suffer from diarrhea. It has been repeatedly stated, on what purports to be high Federal Authority, that our forces were driven entirely off the field on Monday by the Federals. This is not true. No record of the battalion's participation in the Battle of Shiloh was found in the Official Records. As there are already the rolls of a First Regiment on file in this office, it will be necessary, to prevent confusion, to style this one the Sixth, by which it will be recognized in future.