The Civil War Letters of Colonel Charles F. Johnson, Invalid Corps

by Charles Francis Johnson and Fred Pelka

Organized in May 1863 to meet the Union Army's growing manpower needs, the Invalid Corps--later renamed the Veteran Reserve Corps--was a unique military unit. With more than twenty-four regiments of troops, nearly all of them men disabled by illness or combat wounds, it was at one point twice as large as the entire pre-war United States Army. During four years of service its troops enforced the draft, guarded prisoners and vital outposts, protected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155849460X
• ISBN13: 9781558494602
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher