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THE INVALID CORPS
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A humorous song that satirizes men who sought to enlist in the Union army, but when examined by recruiting doctors were found too infirm to serve for one reason or another. The title of the song references the name given to the unit by the U.S. War Department when it was formed in 1862.
The original concept of the Invalid Corps was to encourage wounded and partially disabled soldiers as well as civilian volunteers and those expressly recruited to the corps to assume light duty, behind the front line tasks, which would then free up able-bodied soldiers for combat.
A noble concept to be sure, but unfortunately, not long after the publishing of the song (as casualty lists continued to swell and more and more men were needed for the draft), the term “Invalid Corps” took on a derisive and negative connotation. It became more associated with shirkers, bounty jumpers, and draft-dodgers who bribed doctors to falsify their draft examinations.
Though recruitment into the Corps favored volunteers, an application was required with provisions that ensured, “Medical inspectors and surgeons in charge of hospitals, military commanders, and all others having authority to discharge under the existing laws and regulations, are forbidden to grant discharges to any men under their control who may be fit for service in the Invalid Corps.” (Military Medicine, Volume 173, Issue 6, 1 June 2008, Pages 525–528)
Frank Wilder’s “Invalid Corps” is far and away the best known, most popular version of the song, but during the mid-nineteenth century it was quite common for other composers to take a popular melody and write their own lyrics. It turns out there’s another “Invalid Corps” song, written by Matt Gebler and published by J.H. Johnson. It’s about the same topic and has the same name, but mockingly tells of one man’s miserable experience once in the Invalid Corps.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/amss.cw102740/?st=text