The 17th lost 7 officers and 128 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 154 enlisted men by disease, a total of 289. The regiment is honored by a marker at Fox's Gap at South Mountain.
August 8 to 22, 1862 |
Organized at Detroit, Mich., under Colonel William Withington, who earned the Medal of Honor at Bull Run. |
August 27 |
Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain (Regiment afterwards designated the "Stonewall Regiment" for its achievements in this battle.) |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September -October |
Duty in Maryland |
October 30-
November 18 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
February 14 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. |
March |
Colonel Withington resigned. |
March 19 |
To Louisville, Ky. |
March 29 |
To Bardstown, Ky |
April 3 |
To Lebanon; Army of the Ohio |
April 29 |
To Columbia, then Jameston, Ky. |
June 4 |
Army of the Tennessee |
June 4-12 |
Moved to Vicksburg, Miss. |
June 14-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg |
July 4-10 |
Advance on Jackson, Miss. |
July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson |
July 18-20 |
Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station |
July 21 - August 3 |
At Milldale until |
August |
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
August 3-24 |
Moved to Covington and Crab Orchard, Ky. |
September 10-26 |
March to Knoxville, Tenn |
October 10 |
Action at Blue Springs |
October 20 to
November 14 |
Duty at Lenoir |
November 4-
December 24 |
Knoxville Campaign |
November 14 |
Lenoir Station |
November 16 |
Action at Campbell's Station
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Smith and Private Joseph Brandle were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroism in the fight. Private Brandle was one of three color bearers killed or wounded, having his eye shot out. Lt. Colonel Smith, "Gallantly seized the colors and rallied the regiment after three color bearers had been shot and the regiment, having become demoralized, was in imminent danger of capture." Smith then led a charge, still carrying the colors, that routed the attacking Confederates. |
November 17-
December 5 |
Siege of Knoxville |
November 29 |
Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders |
December |
Operations in East Tennessee |
January, 1864 |
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Ohio, and Army Potomac |
March 17-April 5 |
Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., thence to Annapolis, Md. |
April |
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 10 |
Ny River |
May |
Acting Engineers, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23-24 |
Ox Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
August 18-21 |
Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad |
September |
Acting Engineers, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
September 29-
October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 8 |
Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
March 25, 1865 |
Fort Stedman, Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April |
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
April 3 |
Occupation of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 24-27 |
Moved to Alexandria, Va. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 3, 1865 |
Mustered out |
