17th Virginia Infantry
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- June 1, 1861 - Fairfax Court House [Company F - prior to regiment organization]
- June 10, 1861 - Organized at Manassas Junction from 4 companies of the 6th Virginia (Militia) Infantry Battalion and other companies
- ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service
- July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
- July 18, 1861 -
Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford, Virginia
- July 21, 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- April 27, 1862 - Reorganized
- May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
- May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
- August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
- September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 -
Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- November 11, 1863 - Suffolk
- April 1864 - Siege of Plymouth
- May 16, 1864 - Flat Creek Bridge
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Alexandria (June 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / Terrett's/Longstreet's Brigade (June-July 1861)
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Brigade (July-October 1861)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Clark's Griffiths/Ewell's Brigade (October 1861-January 1862)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Longstreet's Division / Ewell's/A.P. Hill's Brigade (January-March 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / A.P. Hill's/Kemper's Brigade (March-June 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Kemper's Brigade (June-August 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kemper's Division / Kemper's Brigade (August-September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Kemper's Brigade (September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Kemper's Brigade (September-November 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (November 1862-February 1863)
- Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (September-October 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / Unattached (October 1863-January 1864)
- Department of North Carolina / Corse's Brigade (February-May 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Corse's Brigade (May 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Montgomery D. Corse (Colonel)
- George W. Brent (Major)
- Arthur Herbert (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Morton Marye (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William Munford (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Robert H. Simpson (Major)
- Grayson Tyler (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Wise, George, 17th Virginia Infantry
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 174, 191-193)