Hello, I am new to researching my 2xgreat grandfather. His name is George Brousseau, I have found that he was with the 23rd Michigan Infantry Co K, but I have also seen that he was also in the 17th Veteran Reserve Corps Co I. I know the reserve corps was for for soldiers who were injured or too infirm to continue regular service. I found he was mustered out of the 23rd during the conflict and joined the VRC, it's just that I don't know if it was illness, or injury, can't find info on this. If it was injury, must not have been very serious, as after the war he worked for the railroad as a conductor for over 20 years and died peacefully I think in 1916 or 1918 in Marion, IA. Does anyone know how to find how he ended up in the Veterans Reserve Corp?
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George Brousseau
Residence Flushing MI; 25 years old.
Enlisted on 8/11/1862 at Flint, MI as a Private.
On 9/11/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. MI 23rd Infantry
He was transferred out on 1/15/1864
On 1/15/1864 he transferred into "I" Co. Veteran Reserve Corps 17th
He was discharged on 6/30/1865 at Indianapolis, IN
Promotions:
* Sergt 10/15/1863 (Estimated day of Promo)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
Residence Flushing MI; 25 years old.
Enlisted on 8/11/1862 at Flint, MI as a Private.
On 9/11/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. MI 23rd Infantry
He was transferred out on 1/15/1864
On 1/15/1864 he transferred into "I" Co. Veteran Reserve Corps 17th
He was discharged on 6/30/1865 at Indianapolis, IN
Promotions:
* Sergt 10/15/1863 (Estimated day of Promo)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
East Tennessee Roots
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They were here in east Tennessee. (Knoxville) Fought at Campbell's Station on 11/16/63, 9 killed, 8 wounded, 3 captured.
AndyHall
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Y'all should move. Just sayin'.
I have moved, down in Florida now. hehe. Still have cousins and such still up there in Iowa, but after the twins died the US Navy moved both my grandfather and his brother stateside, and discharged them soon after. Far cry from the Civil War where mothers lost all their sons in the war.
18thVirginia
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This tells the date each VRC regiment was mustered. https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Veteran_Reserve_Corps_Civil_War_Union_Units_1st_through_24th
Somewhere you can find where each regiment was stationed--I'll have to look through my references to see if I can find the site.
Somewhere you can find where each regiment was stationed--I'll have to look through my references to see if I can find the site.
18thVirginia
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Here's some information about them, Eric48.
By General Order No. 111, dated March 18, 1864, the title Veteran Reserve Corps was substituted for that of Invalid Corps, and this title is used in almost every case in the present work, whether the reference is to transfers and enlistments prior to March 18, 1864, or to those made subsequent to that date.
The men serving in the Veteran Reserve Corps were organized into two battalions, the First Battalion including those whose disabilities were comparatively slight and who were still able to handle a musket and do some marching, also to perform guard or provost duty; the Second Battalion being made up of men whose disabilities were more serious, who had perhaps lost limbs or suffered some other grave injury. These latter were commonly employed as cooks, orderlies, nurses, or guards in public buildings. There were from first to last from two to three times as many men in the First Battalion as in the Second, and the soldiers in the First Battalion performed a wide variety of duties. They furnished guards for the Confederate prison camps at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Elmira, N. Y., Point Lookout, Md., and elsewhere. They furnished details to the provost marshals to arrest bounty jumpers and to enforce the draft. They escorted substitutes, recruits, and prisoners to and from the front. They guarded railroads, did patrol duty in Washington City, and even manned the defenses of the city during Early's raid in July, 1864.
An excellent sketch of the history of the Veteran Reserve Corps may be found in Volume V, Series III, of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, pages 543 to 568.
There were first and last twenty-four regiments in the Corps. In the beginning each regiment was made up of six companies of the First Battalion and four of the Second Battalion, but in the latter part of the war this method of organization was not strictly adhered to. The 18th Regiment, for example, which rendered exceptionally good service at Belle Plain, Port Royal, and White House Landing, Va., in the spring and early summer of 1864, and in or near Washington City in the latter part of the summer and through the fall of that year, was made up of only six Second Battalion companies.
http://www.civilwardata.com/vrc_desc.html
By General Order No. 111, dated March 18, 1864, the title Veteran Reserve Corps was substituted for that of Invalid Corps, and this title is used in almost every case in the present work, whether the reference is to transfers and enlistments prior to March 18, 1864, or to those made subsequent to that date.
The men serving in the Veteran Reserve Corps were organized into two battalions, the First Battalion including those whose disabilities were comparatively slight and who were still able to handle a musket and do some marching, also to perform guard or provost duty; the Second Battalion being made up of men whose disabilities were more serious, who had perhaps lost limbs or suffered some other grave injury. These latter were commonly employed as cooks, orderlies, nurses, or guards in public buildings. There were from first to last from two to three times as many men in the First Battalion as in the Second, and the soldiers in the First Battalion performed a wide variety of duties. They furnished guards for the Confederate prison camps at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Elmira, N. Y., Point Lookout, Md., and elsewhere. They furnished details to the provost marshals to arrest bounty jumpers and to enforce the draft. They escorted substitutes, recruits, and prisoners to and from the front. They guarded railroads, did patrol duty in Washington City, and even manned the defenses of the city during Early's raid in July, 1864.
An excellent sketch of the history of the Veteran Reserve Corps may be found in Volume V, Series III, of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, pages 543 to 568.
There were first and last twenty-four regiments in the Corps. In the beginning each regiment was made up of six companies of the First Battalion and four of the Second Battalion, but in the latter part of the war this method of organization was not strictly adhered to. The 18th Regiment, for example, which rendered exceptionally good service at Belle Plain, Port Royal, and White House Landing, Va., in the spring and early summer of 1864, and in or near Washington City in the latter part of the summer and through the fall of that year, was made up of only six Second Battalion companies.
http://www.civilwardata.com/vrc_desc.html
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