Veteran Reserve Corps

Men Wanted for the Invalid Corps notice, 1863
10th VRC band in Washington, 1865

The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing non-disabled soldiers to serve on the front lines.


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