17th Texas Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• January 1862 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• June 7, 1863 - Milliken's Bend
• March-May 1864 - Red River Campaign
• March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
• April 8, 1864 - Mansfield
• April 9, 1864 - Pleasant Hill
• April 30, 1864 - Jenkins' Ferry
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Texas (January-February 1862)
• Department of Texas / Eastern District of Texas (February-May 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / Eastern District of Texas (May-August 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 2nd Corps / Nelson's/McCulloch's Division / Flourney's Brigade (September 1862-January 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / McCulloch's/Walker's Division / McCulloch's/Flourney's Brigade (February-March 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Walker's Division / McCulloch's/Flourney's/Scurry's Brigade (May 1863-April 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Walker's Division / Scurry's/Waterhouse's Brigade (April-May 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Walker's Division / Waterhouse's Brigade (May-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / 1st (Forney's) Texas Division / 2nd (Waterhouse's) Texas Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Robert T.P. Allen (Colonel)
• Robert D. Allen (Major)
• George W. Jones (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Joseph Z. Miller (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John W. Tabor (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 128)