17th Illinois Infantry (Civil War)

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Places: Illinois, United States
Year range: 1861 - 1865

1 Brief Facts
2 History
3 Resources

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Brief Facts

Mustered in at Peoria, Illinois, on 24 May 1861 for a three year term
May 1864 ordered to Springfield, Illinois for muster-out and final discharge of those whose enlistment had ended
Remaining regiment members consolidated into the 8th Illinois Infantry

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History

Information from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered in May 24, 1861
Moved to Alton, Ill., June 17, 1861
Thence to St. Charles and Warrenton, Mo., July 27
Moved to Bird's Point, Mo., August
Duty there, at Fort Holt, Ky., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., till February, 1862

Attached to District of Cairo to October, 1861

5th Brigade, District of Cairo, to February, 1862
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to September, 1862
Unattached, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862
4th Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862
1st Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863
1st Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1863
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864
Maltby's Brigade, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to June, 1864

Commanders:

Colonel Leonard Fulton Ross - promoted to brigadier general on April 25, 1862.
Colonel Addison S. Norton - resigned July 9, 1863.
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith

Service (Troop Movement):

Operations about Ironton and Fredericktown, Mo., against Thompson's forces October 12-25, 1861.
Action at Fredericktown October 21.
Expedition to Benton, Bloomfield and Dallas January 15-17, 1862.
Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6.
Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16.
Moved to Savannah, thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 5-25.
Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7.
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
March to Jackson June 5-8, and duty there till July 17.
At Bolivar, Tenn., till November.
Expedition to Iuka September 15-22.
Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863.
Reconnoissance from Lagrange November 8-9, 1862.
Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 12, 1863.
Thence to Lake Providence, La., January 17-24.
Action at Richmond, La., January 29-30.
Old River, Lake Providence, February 10.
Moved to Milliken's Bend April 12.
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.
Battles of Thompson's Hill, Port Gibson, May 1.
Bayou Pierrie May 2.
Raymond May 12.
Jackson, Miss., May 14.
Champion's Hill May 16.
Big Black River May 17.
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4.
Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
Surrender of Vicksburg July 4.
Garrison duty at Vicksburg till May, 1864.
Expedition to Monroe, La., August 20-September 2, 1863.
Expedition to Canton October 14-20.
Bogue Chitto Creek October 17.
Expedition from Vicksburg to Sunnyside Landing, Ark., January 10-16, 1864.
Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2, 1864.
Clinton February 5.
Mustered out June 4, 1864, expiration of term.
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 8th Illinois Infantry.

Casualties:

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 71 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 71 Enlisted men by disease. Total 146.

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Resources

Civil War Archive dot com. Includes Regimental histories, battle reports, soldiers letters, diaries, etc. [1]
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. Provides Regimental histories and a searchable database of soldiers and sailors. [2]
Book: Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, Ia: The Dyer Pub. Co, 1908. Print. Contains Regimental histories and rosters. [3]
Illinois Secretary of State. Searchable database of veterans.{http://apps.ilsos.gov/genealogy/} Official regimental histories from the Adjutant General [4]
Illinois Genealogy dot org Regimental histories, including corrections made 1900 - 1902 [5]