17th Wisconsin Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
 
 
 In Brief
DESIGNATIONS
* 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862
* 1st Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862
* 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing (I) 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862
* 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863
* 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863
* 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864
* 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864
* 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865
SERVICE
1862
* Organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered in March 15, 1862
* Left State for St. Louis, Missouri, March 23 
* At Benton Barracks, Missouri until April 10
* Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, April 10-14 
* Advance on and Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30
* Duty at Corinth until November
* Near Ramer's Crossing, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, October 2 (Co. "A")
* Battle of Corinth October 3-4
* Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12
* Moved to Grand Junction November 2
* Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 3, 1863
1863
* Continued Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad to January 3, 1863
* Moved to Moscow, Tennessee, January 3, thence to Memphis, Tennessee January 10, and to Young's Point, Louisiana, January 18
* Moved to Lake Providence, Louisiana, February 8 and duty there until April 20
* Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 20-30
* Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1 (Reserve)
* Battle of Champion's Hill May 16
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4
* Moved to Natchez, Mississippi, July 12-13 and duty there until October 9
** Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8
** Trinity September 2
** Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4
** Cross Bayou September 10
* Moved to Vicksburg October 9 and duty there until March, 1864
1864
* Continued duty at Vicksburg until March, 1864
* Veterans on furlough March 8-April 21
* Moved to Cairo, Illinois, April 21-22, thence moved to Clifton, Tennessee, May 4, and march to Ackworth, Georgia, via Huntsville, Decatur, Alabama, and Rome, Georgia, May 5-June 8
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2
*** Brush Mountain June 15
*** Assault on Kenesaw June 27 
** Nickajack Creek July 2-5
*** Howell's Ferry July 5
** Chattahoochie River July 5-17
** Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21
** July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
*** Ezra Chapel July 28
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30
** Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1
** Lovejoy Station September 2-6
* Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3
* November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
** December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
1865
* January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14
** Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 1
** Salkehatchie Swamp February. 2-5
** South Edisto River February 9
** North Edisto River February 12-13
** Columbia February 16-17
** Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19-21
** Occupation of Goldsboro March 24
** Advance on Raleigh April 10-14
** Occupation of Raleigh April 14
** Bennett's House April 26
*** Surrender of Johnston and his army
* March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19
* Grand Review May 24
* Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 14, 1865
 
 
 1862
 
 
 1863
 
 
 1864
 
 
 1865
 
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== Regimental Roster ==
 
 
 Field and Staff Officers
 
 
 Company A
 
 
 Company B
 
 
 Company C
 
 
 Company D
 
 
 Company E
 
 
 Company F
 
 
 Company G
 
 
 Company H
 
 
 Company I
 
 
 Company K
 
 
 Unassigned
 
 
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
Regiment lost during service 41 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 269.ACWR 1681
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 704, 715, 721, 723, 779, 835, 1680-1681)
* (Pages 49-82)
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