17th Vermont Infantry Regiment

September 2014 17th Vermont Infantry Regiment Flag_of_Vermont_(1837-1923).svg Flag of Vermont, 1837–1923 March 1864 to July 14, 1865 July 14, 1865 USA 1864 United States Union United States Army Union Army Infantry 1,137 Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of North Anna Battle of Totopotomoy Creek Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road Battle of Peebles' Farm Battle of Hatcher's Run Francis V. Randall Colonel 120px 2nd Division, IX Corps Vermont U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 16th Vermont Infantry Regiment 18th Vermont Infantry Regiment The 17th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the IX Corps in the eastern theater from March 1864 to July 1865.NPS 17th Regiment, Vermont Infantry (2007)Civil War in the East, 17th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment The regiment was mustered into United States service in companies between March and August 1864 at Brattleboro, Vermont. Francis V. Randall, a veteran of the 2nd and 13th Vermont, was colonel and regimental commander. Charles Cummings and Lyman Enos Knapp were lieutenant colonels. James Stevens Peck, a 13th Vermont veteran, was the regimental adjutant with the rank of Major.Dyer 1908 1654 Stephen F. Brown, a veteran of the 13th Vermont, was commissioned as Captain and commander of Company A. It was engaged in, or present at, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy Creek, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring church, and Hatcher's Run in the Overland Campaign. The regiment lost men during service: 133 men killed and mortally wounded, 3 died from accident, 33 died in Confederate prisons, and 57 died from disease; a total loss of 226 men. The regiment mustered out of service on July 14, 1865. References Citations 40em Sources 60em Benedict George Grenville George Grenville Benedict Vermont in the Civil War, Chapter I - XX Free Press Association Vermont in the Civil War. A History of the part taken by the Vermont Soldiers And Sailors in the War For The Union, 1861-5 I 1886 Burlington, VT 674 https://archive.org/details/02209277.3300.emory.edu 2209277 Crockett Walter Hill Vermont The Green Mountain State, Chapter XXX-XXXIV The Century History Company, Inc. III 1921 New York, NY https://archive.org/details/vermontgreenmou02crocgoog 9412165 Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 B01BUFJ76Q https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OBkNAQAAMAAJ/page/1647/mode/1up?view=theater PDF August 8, 2015 34, 45,' 233, 273, 277, 299, 310, 322, 406, 1650 Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware Federal Publishing Company The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. I 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory01madi/page/109/mode/1up 694018100 PDF 109–110 2016 17th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/vermont/17th-vermont/ May 13, 2024 The Civil War in the East Civil War in the East, 17th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UVT0017RI Battle Unit Details, 17th Regiment, Vermont Infantry nps.gov January 19, 2007 U.S. National Park Service May 13, 2024 NPS 17th Regiment, Vermont Infantry (2007) External links Vermont National Guard Library and Museum Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Vermont Category:1864 establishments in Vermont