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April 25 |
Organized at Philadelphia as the First Pensylvania Artillery and mustered in under Colonel Francis E. Patterson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert O. Tyler and Major William A. Leech |
May 8 |
Moved to Perryville, where it joined Major W. T. Sherman's artillery battery, then by transport to Baltimore, Md., landing on Locust Point and marching to Camden Station. |
May 10 |
To Washington, D.C, where the regiment was quartered in the Senate Chamber. |
May 12 |
Moved to camp on Kalorama Heights |
May 15 |
Designation changed to 17th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment |
June 6 |
Merchants presented the regiment with drab felt hats, leading to their nickname, Quaker Regiment |
June 10-July 1 |
Attached to Stone's Command, Rockville Expedition |
June 10 |
Marched to Rockville |
June 14 |
Marched va Darnstown to Poolsville. Companies B and C were detached to Edwards Ferry under the command of Captain D.F. Foley with a company of Magruder's Cavalry and a 12 pound howitzer. |
June 18 |
Edward's Ferry
Confederates across the river were dispersed by artillery and rifle fire. Company I joined the detachment at Edwards' Ferry.
Captain Gardner of Company E took 20 sharpshooters to Conrad's Ferry to silence a Confederate battery firing on the 1st New Hampshire Infantry, who had short-ranged smoothbore muskets. |
June 29 |
Company D joins the detatchments at Edwards' Ferry |
July 1 |
Companies D and I rejoine the regiment, which forded Monocacy Creek and marched to Point of Rocks, where Companies B and G joined. |
July 3 |
Crossed Catoctin Mountain and marched to Knoxville |
July 7 |
Joined Patterson at Martinsburg, Va. and Attached to 7th Brigade, 3rd Division, Patterson's Army |
July 15 |
Advance on Bunker Hill |
July 17 |
March to Charleston |
July 21 |
To Harper's Ferry. The news of the Union defeat at Bull Run led to a consensus that the regiment would remain a month past the expiration of its service if needed. |
July 23 |
Forded the Potomac and marched to Sandy Hook. |
August 2 |
Washington did not require the regiment's services, and it was moved to Philadelphia and mustered out |
