The Corps of Invalids offered continued service to wounded, retired, or elderly soldiers who were no longer fit for field manoeuvres. Instead of receiving only a pension or entering Chelsea Hospital, they could serve in extra companies guarding walls and other fixed positions. A small detachment in Georgia might have protected Governor Wright and provided experienced men to carry dispatches. It could also have crewed a trusted boat along the coast to Boston or Halifax, reducing the communications failures that repeatedly isolated the governor. It was a possible security measure, with no guarantee that the detachment would have changed the campaign.
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The Corps of Invalids as a colonial security option
Wounded, retired, or elderly veterans still fit for static duties could have guarded Governor Wright and carried secure dispatches from Georgia.