17th Texas Infantry Regiment

17th Texas Infantry Regiment 17th Texas Infantry Flag.svg 200 Regimental flag February 1862 – June 1865 Confederate States of America Confederate States of America, Texas CSA Infantry Regiment Trust In God Robert T. P. AllenGeorge Washington Jones American Civil War Battle of Milliken's Bend (1863) Battle of Fort DeRussy (1864) Battle of Mansfield (1864) Battle of Pleasant Hill (1864) Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (1864) Texas Infantry Regiments (Confederate) 16th Texas Infantry 18th Texas Infantry thumb|The regiment lost 21 killed, 65 wounded, and 3 missing at the Battle of Milliken's Bend in June 1863.Bumbalough 2016|250px The 17th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment organized in March 1862 with West Point graduate Robert T. P. Allen as it first colonel. It spent its entire existence west of the Mississippi River in the Trans-Mississippi Department. After marching to Arkansas in August 1862, the regiment spent the winter at Camp Nelson where a large number of men died from disease.Bumbalough 2016 In fall 1862, the unit was assigned to the 3rd Brigade of the Texas infantry division later known as Walker's Greyhounds.Blessington 1875 57 The regiment fought at Milliken's Bend in June 1863. George Washington Jones assumed command of the regiment in November 1863. The unit was in action at Fort DeRussy, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry in 1864. The regiment marched to Texas and surrendered in June 1865.Bumbalough 2016 Notes 20em References Battles & Leaders 1987 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 1987 1883 Castle Secaucus, N.J. 0-89009-572-8 Blessington Joseph P. The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division 1875 Lange, Little & Co. New York, N.Y. November 24, 2022 https://archive.org/details/05296883.3325.emory.edu/page/n53/mode/2up Clements Derek A. Engagement at Jenkins Ferry 2017 Encyclopedia of Arkansas https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/engagement-at-jenkins-ferry-1136/ November 24, 2022 Dobak William A. Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops 1862–1867 2011 Center of Military History, U.S. Army Washington, D.C. November 24, 2022 https://history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-24/CMH_Pub_30-24.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120921032617/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-24/CMH_Pub_30-24.pdf dead September 21, 2012 193 Bumbalough Bruce Seventeenth Texas Infantry 2016 Handbook of Texas Austin, Tex. November 24, 2022 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/seventeenth-texas-infantry National Park Service 2022 Battle of Milliken's Bend, June 7, 1863 National Park Service 2022 November 24, 2022 https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/battle-of-millikens-bend-june-7-1863.htm Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Texas Category:1862 establishments in Texas Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:1865 disestablishments in Texas Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865