17th Kansas Infantry Regiment

17th Kansas Infantry Regiment July 28, 1864 – November 16, 1864 United States Union Infantry The 17th Kansas Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 17th Kansas Infantry was organized at Camp Deitzler in Leavenworth, Kansas. Only five companies mustered in on July 28, 1864, at Fort Leavenworth for 100 days under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Adams Drake. The regiment was attached to District of North Kansas. The 17th Kansas Infantry mustered out November 16, 1864. Detailed service Company A ordered to Fort Riley, Company C to Cottonwood Falls and Company D to Lawrence. Operations against Price October–November. March to relief of Mound City. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 4 enlisted men during service, all due to disease. Commanders Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Adams Drake See also American Civil War Kansas List of Kansas Civil War Units Kansas in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion (Leavenworth, KS: W. S. Burke), 1870. Attribution External links History of the 17th Kansas Infantry by the Museum of the Kansas National Guard Category:Military units and formations established in 1864 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Kansas Category:1864 establishments in Kansas