(II) 17th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• May 16, 1862 - Organized at Camp Mangum, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
  • May or June 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service for 3 years or the war at Camp Mangum'
• September 6, 1862 - Washington (detachment)
• December 10, 1862 - Plymouth (Companies A/B/C/G/I)
• July 4, 1863 - Gardners' Bridge (Companies D/G/H)
• July 1863 - Williamston (Company A)
• July 15, 1863 - Tarboro
• July 27, 1863 - Foster's Mill(Company A)
• January 1864 - Morehead City
• February 2, 1864 - Newport Barracks
• May 17-June 14, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• September 29-30 1864 - Fort Harrison
• October 27, 1864 - Burgess' Mill
• December 24-25, 1864 - 1st Fort Fisher
• January 13-15, 1865 - 2nd Fort Fisher
• March 7, 1865 - Wise's Forks
• March 8, 1865 - Southwest Creek
• March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

• August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern
• August 25, 1864 - Reams' Station
• September 30, 1864 - Squirrel Level Road
• September 30, 1864 - Jones' Farm
• October 1, 1864 - Pegram's Farm
• October 2, 1864 - Harman Road
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina (June-August 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / District of North Carolina (August-September 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / District of North Carolina (September 1862-January 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Post of Hamilton (January-February 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Command / Post of Hamilton (March-April 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Martin's Brigade (April-July 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / District of North Carolina (July-November 1863)
• District of the Cape Fear / Martin's Brigade (November 1863-April 1864)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Martin's Brigade (April 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Whiting's/D.H. Hill's Division / Martin's Brigade (May 1864)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Martin's/Kirkland's Brigade (May-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Hoke's Division / Kirkland's Brigade (October-December 1864)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Hoke's Division / Kirkland's Brigade (December 1864-January 1865)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Hoke's Division / Kirkland's Brigade (January-March 1865)
• Hardee's Corps / Hoke's Division / Kirkland's Brigade (March-April 1865)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hoke's Division / Kirkland's Brigade (April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William F. Martin (Colonel)
• Lucius J. Johnson (Major)
• John C. Lamb (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Thomas H. Sharp (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 109-110)