back  home
 

17TH MISSOURI VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT
ORDER OF BATTLE
AND
BATTLE CHRONOLOGY


ORDER OF BATTLE


Attached, Army of the West Oct 1861 - Jan 1862

Second Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri Jan 1862 - March1862

First Brigade, First Division, Army of March 1862 - May 1862
Southwest Missouri

Third Division, Army of Southwest Missouri May 1862 - July 1862

Attached, District of Eastern Arkansas, July 1862 - Nov 1862
Department of Missouri

First Brigade, First Division, District of Nov 1862
Eastern Arkansas, Department of
Missouri
 

First Brigade, First Division, District Nov 1862 - Dec 1862
of Eastern Arkansas
 

Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Yazoo Dec 11862 - Jan 1863
Expeditionary Corps

Second brigade, First Division, XV Corps Jan 1863 - Sept 1863
Army of the Tennessee

First brigade, First Division, XV Corps, Sept 1863 - Dec 1863
Army of the Tennessee

Third Brigade, First Division, XV Corps, Dec 1863 - Dec 1864
Army of the Tennessee


BATTLE CHRONOLOGY

Listed below are the 45 military actions the 17th Missouri  participated in during the Civil War .  The locations are identified  on the battle maps.

Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo (1) Oct15 - Nov18,1861

Advance on Springfield, Mo (1) Feb 2 - 24, 1862

Pursuit of Price into Arkansas Feb 14 - 28, 1862

Battle, Pea Ridge, Ark (2) March 6 - 8 1862

March to Batesville, Ark (3) April 5 - May 3 1862

Skirmish, Searcy Landing, Ark (4) May 19, 1862

March to Helena, Ark (5) May 27 - July 14 1862

Expedition from Helena (5) to the Mouth of Aug 5 - 8, 1862
the White River, Ark

Movement to Ironton (6) and Pilot Knob (7), Mo Sept 1, 1862

Expedition to St Genevieve Mo (8) Nov 12, 1862

Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, Miss Dec 22, 1862 - Jan 3,1863

Engagement, Chickasaw Bayou, Miss (9) Dec 26 - 28 1862

Engagement, Chickasaw Bluff, Miss (9) Dec 29, 1862

Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark (10) Jan 3 - 10 1863

Assault and Capture, Fort Hindman, Arkansas Jan 10 - 11, 1863
Post (10), Ark

Movement to Young's Point, La (11) Jan 17 - 23, 1863

Expedition to Greenville (12), Black Bayou, April 2 - 14 1863
and Deer Creek, Miss

Demonstration on Haines (13) and Drumgould's April 29 - May 2, 1863
Bluffs (14), Miss
Movement to Vicksburg, Miss (15) by way of May 2 - 14, 1863
Richmond, La (16) and Grand Gulf (17),
Miss

Skirmish, Mississippi Springs, miss (18) May 12 - 13, 1863

Engagement, Jackson, Miss (19) May 14, 1863

Siege, Vicksburg, Miss (15) May 18 - July 4 1863

Assault, Vicksburg, Miss (15) May 19, 1863

Assault, Vicksburg, Miss (15) May 22, 1863

Surrender, Vicksburg, miss (15) July 4, 1863

Advance on Jackson, Miss (19) July 5 - 10, l863

Siege, Jackson, Miss (19) July 10 - 17, l863

Skirmish, Bolton's Depot, Miss (20) July 16 1863

Skirmish Briar Creek near Canton, Miss (21) July 17, 1863

Skirmish, Canton, Miss (21) July 18, 1863

Movement to Chattanooga, tenn (22) Sept 27 - Nov 21,1863

Operations on the Memphis & Charleston R R, Oct 20 - 29 1863
Ala

Action, Cherokee Station, Ala (23) Oct 21, 1863

Skirmish, Cane Creek,Ala (24) Oct 26, 1863

Skirmish, Cherokee Station, Ala (33) Oct 29, 1863

Engagement, Tuscumbia Ala (25) Oct 29-30, 1863

Campaign, Chattanooga, Tenn (22) and Nov 23 - 27 1863
Ringgold, Ga (26)

Engagement, Lookout Mountain, Tenn (27) Nov 23 - 24, 1863

Assault and Capture, Missionary Ridge, Tenn (28) Nov 25, 1863

Engagement, Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, Ga (29) Nov 27, 1863

March to the relief of Knoxville, Tenn (30) Nov 28 - dec 8 1863

Atlanta Campaign May l - sept 8 1864

Demonstration on Resaca, Ga (31) May 14 - 19 1864

Advance on Dallas, Ga (32) May 18 - 25 1864

Operations o the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek May 25 - June 5 1864
(33) and Battles about Dallas (32),
New Hope Church (34), and Allatoona
' Hills (35) Ga
Operations about Marietta (36) and against June 12 - July 2 1864
Kenesaw Mountain (37), Ga
Combats about Nickajack Creek, Ga (38) July 2 - 5, 1865

Operations on line of Nickajack Creek, Ga (28) July 2 - 5, 1864

Operations on the line of the Chattahoochee July 5 - 17 1864
River, Ga (39)

Battle, Atlanta, Ga (40) July 22, 1864

Siege, Atlanta, Ga (41) July 23 - Aug 25 1864

Battle, Ezra's Chapel, Ga (42) July 28, 1864

Flank Movement on Jonesborough, Ga (43) Aug 25 - 30 1864

Battle, Jonesborough, Ga (43) Aug 31 - Sept 1 1864

Engagement, Love joy Station, Ga (44) Sept 2 - 5 1865

Operations against Hood in Northern Georgia Sept 29 - Nov 3 1864
and Northern Alabama

Sherman's Campaign against Savannah, Ga (45) Nov 15 - dec 10 1864
(March to the Sea)


Soon after the fall of Savannah, in mid-december, 1864, the veterans and recruits of the regiment was transferred to the Fifteenth Missouri Infantry. They served as members of that regiment until mustered out of Federal service on Dec 25, 1865.

The 17th Missouri participated in more than fifty-five engagements during its career.
During its career the Seventeenth Missouri Infantry sustained the loss of six officers and sixty-two enlisted men killed or mortally wounded. An additional three officers and one hundred and forty-eight enlisted men died from disease or other nonbattlefield causes.

 back  home