17th Alabama Infantry
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- September 5, 1861 - Organized at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama
- September 1861 - Mustered into Confederate service
- October 9, 1861 - Pensacola
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
- May 19-22, 1864 - Cassville
- June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- September 2-5, 1864 - Lovejoy's Station
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- Early 1865 - Field consolidation with the:
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- April 20, 1865 - Consolidated with 33rd Alabama Infantry and redesignated 17th (Consolidated) Alabama Infantry
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #1 / Walker's Brigade (September-October 1861)
- Department of West Florida (October 1861)
- Department of Alabama and West Florida (October 1861)
- Department of Alabama and West Florida / Army of Pensacola (October 1861-March 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Jackson's Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Jackson's Brigade (June-July 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Division / Jackson's Brigade (July 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Gulf / Army of Mobile (October 1862-April 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Western Division / Slaughter's Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Slaughter's Brigade (June 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Western Division / Cantey's Brigade (July-September 1863)
- Department of the Gulf / Cantey's Brigade (September 1863-March 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / Cantey's Brigade (April-May 1864)
- Army of Mississippi / Cantey's/Walthall's Division / Cantey's Brigade (May-July 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Walthall's Division / Cantey's/Shelley's Brigade (July-December 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Walthall's Division / Quarles' Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Shelley's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Thomas H. Watts (Colonel)
- Thomas J. Burnett (Major)
- Robert C. Fariss (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Edward P. Holcombe (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Joseph P. Jones (Colonel)
- Stephen A. Moreno (Major) (temporary assignment)
- Virgil S. Murphey (Major, Colonel)
- John Ryan (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 80-81)