Revised Register Of The
Soldiers And Sailors Of New Hampshire
In The War Of The Rebellion 1861-1866.

Prepared And Published By
Authority Of The Legislature,
By Augustus D. Ayling, Adjutant General.

Concord: Ira C. Evans, Public Printer. 1895.

VETERAN RESERVE CORPS. (Designated Invalid Corps, when first organized.) (THREE YEARS.)
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[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]




UNDER the provisions of General Orders, No. 105, dated War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1863, an Invalid Corps was organized, to consist of such officers and enlisted men of commands then in the field as were unfit for active field service, by reason of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty, and such officers and enlisted men as had been honorably discharged by reason of wounds or disease contracted in the line of duty who desired to re-enter the service, they being physically qualified and able to perform garrison or other light duty, the term of enlistment of the latter class to be three years or during the war. Under the authority thus given many officers and men in the service, but absent from their commands sick or partially disabled, were transferred to the Invalid Corps to serve the remainder of their terms, and many officers and men who had been discharged on account of wounds or disease re-enlisted and did good service in the corps. The Invalid Corps was organized in two classes or battalions. The men enlisted in or transferred to the corps who were most efficient and able-bodied, capable of handling a rifle, performing guard duty, or making short marches were assigned to companies of the First Battalion, and were to be used as provost guards, etc., and were not liable to active service with the army in the field; those less able-bodied or who had lost a limb were assigned to companies of the Second Battalion, carrying side arms, and were to be employed in hospitals as cooks, nurses, orderlies, etc., and as guards to hospitals and other public buildings. Officers re-entering the service in the corps received their appointments and commissions direct from the War Department.

By authority of General Orders, No. 111, dated War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, D.C., March 18, 1864, the name of the organization was changed from Invalid Corps to Veteran Reserve Corps. The following list is of officers and men who re-enlisted for the corps and who were credited to the State, or who had previously served in New Hampshire organizations. They served until the close of the war and were discharged at different times and places, as directed by the War Department. Those who were transferred to the corps from New Hampshire organizations in the field to serve the remainder of their term of service are accounted for in the register of their original regiments.