4 1/4 x 6 3/4, imprint, 32 pages, signed in print by E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.

War Department,
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, September 26, 1863

General Orders,
No. 321

The following named non-commissioned officers and privates, having been duly examined and declared unfit for further field service, but fit for duty in the Invalid Corps, are hereby transferred from their respective Regiments and Companies to the Invalid Corps, to take effect September 30, 1863, and from that date will be dropped from their Regimental Rolls. Commanding Officers of Companies to which these men have heretofore belonged will at once furnish the Provost Marshal General, at Washington, a descriptive list, clothing account, and complete military history in each case. The document goes on to list the names of hundreds of Union soldiers including their rank, company, and regiment. Some of the states represented are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and it even lists some men in the U.S. Sharpshooters, etc. The general rule of thumb with these Invalid Corps documents is that the larger states have the most men listed. Small stain at the upper right edge, and edge wear and some minor chipping to the left side of the imprint. There are 2 punch holes at the left edge which does not affect any of the content. This document was once bound in an 1863, U.S. War Department, General Orders book. Very fine.