17th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= May 24, 1861 to June 4, 1864
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Fredericktown
Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Thompson's Hill
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Champion's Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg

The 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 17th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on May 24, 1861 for three years service.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1864 upon expiration of its term of enlistment and its recruits and veterans were transferred to the 8th Illinois.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 71 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 71 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 146 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.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 Leonard Fulton Ross - promoted to brigadier general on April 25, 1862.
* Colonel Addison S. Norton - resigned July 9, 1863.
*Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith - [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/017-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]

ee also

*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War

Notes

References

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]