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17th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
image	Flag of Illinois.svg
image_size	100
caption	Illinois state flag
dates	May 24, 1861, to June 4, 1864
country	United States
allegiance	Union
branch	Infantry
battles	Battle of FredericktownFort DonelsonBattle of ShilohBattle of Thompson's StationBattle of Port GibsonBattle of RaymondBattle of Champion's HillBattle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg

Siege of Vicksburg

The 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Memorial at [[Vicksburg National Military Park

Service

The 17th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service at Peoria, Illinois, on May 24, 1861, for three years service.

The 17th Illinois Volunteers fought at the bloody Battle of Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee, in April 1862, with 130 members of the regiment killed and wounded in the two-day battle.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1864, upon expiration of its term of enlistment and its recruits and veterans were transferred to the 8th Illinois.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 71 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 71 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 146 fatalities.

Commanders

Colonel Leonard Fulton Ross - promoted to brigadier general on April 25, 1862.
Colonel Addison S. Norton - resigned July 9, 1863.
Lieutenant Colonel Enos P. Wood - commanded regiment then brigade at Shiloh, resigned 19 April 1862
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith -

Notable Members

James Earp

Footnotes

References

Roy L. Moore, [https://archive.org/details/historyofwoodfor00inmoor ''History of Woodford County: A Concise History of the Settlement and Growth of Woodford County.''] Eureka, IL: Woodford County Republican, 1910; pg. 124.
This unit also participated in the last phase of the 1863 [[Siege of Vicksburg]] in [[Warren County, Mississippi]], a protracted battle which ultimately led to the surrender of over 29,000 Confederate troops.Frances H. Kennedy (ed.), ''The Civil War Battlefield Guide.'' 2nd Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998; pg. 173.
http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#17th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. '''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'''. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
[http://civilwar.illinoisgenweb.org/fs/017-fs.html 17th Illinois Infantry Regiment]
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/017-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
"The Custer Fight and Other Tales of the Old West". Media Publishing.

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