From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in August 1865:
ANOTHER ROBBERY. – A soldier named Robert Sherman, a member of the Veteran Reserve Corps, and a resident of Rose Valley, Wayne Co., was robbed of some $800 in Albany, on Monday last, by two confidence men of that city. He had just been mustered out of the service and paid off, and the money taken from him was about all he had on hand, when he fell in with sharpers.
The following photos seem to reflect the reserve corps’ uniform change: ” Ridicule influenced the corps to exchange its sky blue uniform for one similar to those worn by the other soldiers.”
“Unidentified soldier in Union Veteran Reserve Corps uniform” (Library of Congress)
some members of the “Veteran Reserve Corps. Wash., D.C. Apr. 1865 ” (Library of Congress)
