17th Vermont Infantry Regiment

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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.{{sfnp|NPS 17th Regiment, Vermont Infantry (2007)}}{{sfnp|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.{{sfnp|Dyer|1908|p=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.

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{{cite book | last =Benedict| first =George Grenville| author-link =George Grenville Benedict| title =Vermont in the Civil War, Chapter I - XX | publisher =Free Press Association| series =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| volume =I| year =1886| location =Burlington, VT| pages =674| url =https://archive.org/details/02209277.3300.emory.edu | oclc =2209277 }}
{{cite book | last =Crockett| first =Walter Hill| title =Vermont The Green Mountain State, Chapter XXX-XXXIV| publisher =The Century History Company, Inc.| volume =III| year =1921| location =New York, NY| url =https://archive.org/details/vermontgreenmou02crocgoog | oclc =9412165 }}
{{cite book|last=Dyer|first=Frederick Henry|author-link=Frederick H. Dyer|title=A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion|publisher=Dyer Pub. Co.|place=Des Moines, IA|date=1908|asin=B01BUFJ76Q|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OBkNAQAAMAAJ/page/1647/mode/1up?view=theater|format=PDF|access-date=August 8, 2015|pages=34, 45,' 233, 273, 277, 299, 310, 322, 406, 1650}}{{PD-notice}}
{{cite book |author=Federal Publishing Company|title=Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware|publisher=Federal Publishing Company|series=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.|volume=I|date=1908 |location=Madison, WI |url=https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory01madi/page/109/mode/1up |oclc=694018100 |format=PDF |pages=109–110}}{{PD-notice}}
{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=17th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment |url=https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/vermont/17th-vermont/ |access-date=May 13, 2024 |website=The Civil War in the East |ref={{sfnref|Civil War in the East, 17th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment}} }}
{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UVT0017RI |title=Battle Unit Details, 17th Regiment, Vermont Infantry |website=nps.gov |date=January 19, 2007 |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |access-date=May 13, 2024 |ref={{sfnref|NPS 17th Regiment, Vermont Infantry (2007)}} }}{{PD-notice}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140105175118/http://www.vtguard.com/museum/default.html Vermont National Guard Library and Museum]

Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Vermont

Category:1864 establishments in Vermont