17th Louisiana Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* September 29, 1861 - Organized at Camp Moore
** September 29 - Mustered into Confederate Service at Camp Moore
* April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
* April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
* May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
* December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
* May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
* May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
* May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg 
** July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
** Paroled there later that month
** September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
* January 26, 1864 - Members of the regiment east of the Mississippi River were consolidated at Enterprise, Mississippi with similar portions of the:
** 3rd Louisiana Infantry
** (Smith's/Higgins'/Patton's) 21st Louisiana Infantry
** (Theard's/Herrick's) 22nd Louisiana Infantry
** 26th Louisiana Infantry
** 27th Louisiana Infantry
** 29th Louisiana Infantry
** 31st Louisiana Infantry
** Re-designated as the 22nd (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Company G
* May 1864 - Balance of the regiment reorganized at Minden, Louisiana
* May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
* Department #1 / Ruggles' Brigade (September 1861-February 1862)
* Department #2 / Ruggles' Brigade (February-March 1862)
* Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / 1st Corps / Pond's Brigade (March 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles'/Anderson's Division / Anderson's Brigade (March-May 1862)
* Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Smith's Brigade (June-July 1862)
* Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 2nd/3rd Sub-District (July-October 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (October 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District (October-December 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Lee's Provisional Division / Thomas' Brigade (December 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Unattached (December 1862-January 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Lee's Brigade (January-February 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Baldwin's Brigade (March-April 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Smith's Division / Baldwin's Brigade (April-July 1863)
* Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Polignac's Division / Thomas' Brigade (May-September 1864)
* Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / 2nd (Polignac's/Thomas') Division / 1st (Thomas') Louisiana Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: S.S. Heard (Colonel)
* Charles Jones (Lieutenant Colonel)
* Robert B. Jones (Major)
* William A. Maddox (Major)
* William A. Redditt (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Robert Richardson (Colonel)
* Madison Rogers (Lieutenant Colonel)
* David W. Self (Major)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 102-103)
* Small, J.A., Memories of the Civil War as Remembered by an Old Veteran
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