17th Iowa Infantry Regiment

17th Iowa Infantry Regiment Flag of Iowa.svg 100 Iowa state flag March 21, 1862, to July 25, 1865 United States Union Infantry Battle of ShilohBattle of CorinthBattle of Port GibsonBattle of RaymondBattle of Champion HillBattle of Big Black River BridgeSiege of VicksburgBattle of Kennesaw MountainBattle of AtlantaBattle of JonesboroSherman's March to the Sea The 17th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 17th Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service on April 16, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on July 25, 1865. Total strength and casualties The 17th Iowa mustered 958 men at the time it left Iowa for active campaigning.http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil501.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 It suffered 5 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 121 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 194 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.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. Commanders Colonel John W. Rankin Colonel David Burke HillisIowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 Lieutenant Colonel Simpson (a.k.a. Sampson, Samson) M. Archerhttps://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=FB02EB7B-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A Simpson M. Archer Civil War Soldiers National Park Service See also List of Iowa Civil War Units Iowa in the American Civil War Notes References The Civil War Archive Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:1862 establishments in Iowa Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865