17th Mississippi Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 1861 - Organized
  • Mustered into Confederate service
• July 18 1861 - Blackburn's Ford
• July 21, 1861 - Bull Run
• October 4, 1861 - Edwards' Ferry
• October 21, 1861 - Ball's Bluff
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
  • April 5, 1862 - Warwick Road
  • April 16, 1862 - Lee's Mill
  • April 26, 1862 - Yorktown [detachment]
  • April 28, 1862 - Re-organized
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days Battles
  • June 29, 1862 - Allen's Farm
  • June 29, 1862 - Savage's Station
  • July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 13, 1862 - Maryland Heights
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Antietam
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
• July 1-3, 1863 - Gettysburg
• September 19-20, 1863 - Chickamauga
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
• November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
• November 29, 1863 - Fort Sanders
• January 17, 1864 - Dandridge
• January 27, 1864 - Fair Garden
• May 5-6, 1864 -The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Spotsylvania Courthouse
• May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• May 30, 1864 - Totopotomy River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
  • June 22, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
  • July 27-29, 1864 - Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, Strawberry Plains, and New Market Road
  • July 28, 1864 - Malvern Hill
  • August 16, 1864 - Cedarville
  • August 16, 1864 - Front Royal
  • September 2-3, 1864 - Bunker Hill
  • September 4, 1864 - Berryville
  • October 9, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
  • February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• June-July 1861 - Army of the Potomac / D.R. Jones' Brigade
• July 1861 - Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Brigade
• July-October 1861 - Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Brigade
• October 1861-March 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Forces at Leesburg [D.H. Hill's Division] / Evans'/Griffith's Brigade
• April-May 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / McLaws'/Magruder's Division / H. Cobb's Brigade
• June-July 1862 - Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / Griffith's/Barksdale's Brigade
• July 1862-September 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaw's Division / Barksdale's/Humphreys' Brigade
• September-November 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaws' Division / Humphreys' Brigade
• November 1863-April 1864 - Department of East Tennessee / McLaws'/Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade
• April-August 1864 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade
• August-October 1864 - Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade
• November 1864-April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Winfield S. Featherston (Colonel)
• Gwen R. Cherry (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William L. Duff (Major)
• John C. Fizer (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William D. Holder (Colonel)
• Robert L. Knox (Major)
• John M. Lyles (Major)
• John McGuirk (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Andrew J. Pulliam (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Edward W. Upshaw (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Cooper, Norman Lee and Sifakis, Stewart James, A Confederate Soldier and His Descendants
• McNeily, J.S., Barkdale's Mississippi Brigade
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Mississippi. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 100-102)