17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
caption=Michigan state flag
dates= August 8, 1862 to June 3, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign
The 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 17th Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan between August 8 and August 22, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 3, 1865. Infantryman Frederick Alber of the 17th was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat action.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 7 officers and 128 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 154 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 289 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf2.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
ee also
*List of Michigan Civil War Units
*Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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