17th Wisconsin Infantry
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In Brief
DESIGNATIONS
- 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862
- 1st Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862
- 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing (I) 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862
- 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863
- 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863
- 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864
- 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864
- 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865
SERVICE
1862
- Organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered in March 15, 1862
- Left State for St. Louis, Missouri, March 23
- At Benton Barracks, Missouri until April 10
- Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, April 10-14
- Advance on and Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 29-May 30
- Duty at Corinth until November
- Near Ramer's Crossing, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, October 2 (Co. "A")
- Battle of Corinth October 3-4
- Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12
- Moved to Grand Junction November 2
- Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 3, 1863
1863
- Continued Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad to January 3, 1863
- Moved to Moscow, Tennessee, January 3, thence to Memphis, Tennessee January 10, and to Young's Point, Louisiana, January 18
- Moved to Lake Providence, Louisiana, February 8 and duty there until April 20
- Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 20-30
- Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1 (Reserve)
- Battle of Champion's Hill May 16
- May 18-July 4, 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi- May 19, 1863 -
Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi - May 22, 1863 -
Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi - Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4
- May 19, 1863 -
- Moved to Natchez, Mississippi, July 12-13 and duty there until October 9
- Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8
- Trinity September 2
- Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4
- Cross Bayou September 10
- Moved to Vicksburg October 9 and duty there until March, 1864
1864
- Continued duty at Vicksburg until March, 1864
- Veterans on furlough March 8-April 21
- Moved to Cairo, Illinois, April 21-22, thence moved to Clifton, Tennessee, May 4, and march to Ackworth, Georgia, via Huntsville, Decatur, Alabama, and Rome, Georgia, May 5-June 8
- May 1-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2
- Brush Mountain June 15
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5
- Howell's Ferry July 5
- Chattahoochie River July 5-17
- Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21
- July 22, 1864 -
Battle of Atlanta, Georgia - July 22-August 25, 1864 -
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia- Ezra Chapel July 28
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1
- Lovejoy Station September 2-6
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2
- Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3
- November 15-December 21, 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign- December 10-21, 1864 -
Siege of Savannah, Georgia
- December 10-21, 1864 -
1865
- January 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14
- Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 1
- Salkehatchie Swamp February. 2-5
- South Edisto River February 9
- North Edisto River February 12-13
- Columbia February 16-17
- Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19-21
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14
- Bennett's House April 26
- Surrender of Johnston and his army
- March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19
- Grand Review May 24
- Moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 14, 1865
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Regimental Roster
Field and Staff Officers
Company A
Company B
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| Rank | Name | City/Town | Commission From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Hugh McDermott | Kenosha, WI | November 28, 1861 |
| Captain | John McKenna | Kenosha, WI | April 22, 1865 |
| 1st Lieutenant | John E. Mahoney | Brighton, WI | January 10, 1862 |
| 1st Lieutenant | Martin Schulte | Eagle, WI | February 18, 1863 |
| 1st Lieutenant | Garritt B. Walsh | St. Louis, MO | April 22, 1865 |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Bernard Meyer | Eagle, WI | April 22, 1865 |
| 1st Sergeant | Anthony C. Gavan | Darlington, WI | ? |
| 1st Sergeant | Henry Hoye | Kenosha, WI | ? |
| Sergeant | James Finley | Kenosha, WI | ? |
| Sergeant | William Harding | Darlington, WI | ? |
| Sergeant | Edmund Henneberry | Racine, WI | ? |
| Sergeant | Michael D. Kelly | Racine, WI | ? |
| Sergeant | Michael Lane | Kenosha, WI | ? |
| Sergeant | John Lowry | Benton, WI | ? |
| Sergeant | William Neeson | Chicago, IL | ? |
| Sergeant | Adolph Thomas | Chicago, IL | ? |
| Sergeant | Joseph Toner | Kenosha, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Michael Cooney | Chicago, IL | ? |
| Corporal | James Dougherty | Herman, WI | ? |
| Corporal | George W. Dunn | Kenosha, WI | ? |
| Corporal | John Fahey | Madison, WI | ? |
| Corporal | John Garde | Kenosha, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Stephen Gascoigne | Somers, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Coral W. Gifford | Madison, WI | ? |
| Corporal | John Hoye | Kenosha, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Michael Kelly | Brighton, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Emanuel Meyer | Columbus, WI | ? |
| Corporal | John Mullen | Racine, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Charles Okes | Kendall, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Daniel Scanlan | Portage, WI | ? |
| Corporal | James Scanlan | Stoughton, WI | ? |
| Corporal | Antoine Schulte | Eagle, WI | ? |
| Corporal | John F. Stewart | Vicksburg, MS | ? |
| Principal Musician | Charles Anderson | Chicago, IL | ? |
| Principal Musician | William Hill | Somers, WI | ? |
| Colored Cook | Elias Casey | ? | May 1, 1863 |
| Colored Cook | Calvin Ranolds | Smith's Plantation, LA | May 1, 1863 |
| Musician | Francis Keegan | Chicago, IL | ? |
| Musician | John Phelan | Milwaukee, WI | ? |
| Musician | William A. Short | Milwaukee, WI | ? |
| Wagoner | Peter Jordan | Chicago, IL | ? |
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| Rank | Name | City/Town | Enlistment Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private | Joseph Alph | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | Ole Anderson | Freeborn, MN | March 3, 1862 |
| Private | Ferdinand Arndt | ? | September 23, 1864 |
| Private | Frederick Arnold | ? | October 1, 1864 |
| Private | David Atkinson | Kenosha, WI | December 4, 1863 |
| Private | Richard Avery | Chicago, IL | October 10, 1861 |
| Private | Henry Baker | Blooming Grove, WI | November 29, 1862 |
| Private | Charles H. Bannister | Chicago, IL | February 2, 1862 |
| Private | Isaac Berry | Kenosha, WI | December 1, 1861 |
| Private | Charles Bird | Kenosha, WI | October 14, 1861 |
| Private | John Bisher | Kenosha, WI | December 4, 1861 |
| Private | John Bombarger | Appleton, WI | February 11, 1862 |
| Private | Joseph Brady | Dubuque, IA | February 2, 1862 |
| Private | Arnold Branhorst | Blooming Grove, WI | December 2, 1862 |
| Private | Henry Brasse | Blooming Grove, WI | December 9, 1862 |
| Private | William Bratz | ? | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | John Breidenbach (I) | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | John Breidenbach (II) | Palmyra, WI | March 26, 1864 |
| Private | Bernard Breidenbach | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | John Bremer | Kenosha, WI | December 30, 1863 |
| Private | Thomas Brown | Darlington, WI | March 6, 1862 |
| Private | Louis Brust | Jackson, WI | December 6, 1864 |
| Private | Matthew Byrnes | Appleton, WI | February 11, 1862 |
| Private | John Campbell | Beloit, WI | November 1, 1861 |
| Private | John Campbell | Chicago, IL | February 2, 1862 |
| Private | Ernest Christian | ? | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Hospild Claigg | Kendall, WI | March 31, 1864 |
| Private | John G. Clark | Chicago, IL | October 10, 1861 |
| Private | Hugh Collins | Madison, WI | September 13, 1862 |
| Private | Leander Comstock | Arcadia, WI | October 1, 1864 |
| Private | Michael Connell | Milwaukee, WI | December 15, 1861 |
| Private | John C. Copson | Kenosha, WI | October 14, 1861 |
| Private | Abraham Cornelius | Milwaukee, WI | November 25, 1864 |
| Private | John Danfield | La Crosse, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Hiram Daniels | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | Martin Devine | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | Patrick Doyle | Brooklyn, WI | January 10, 1862 |
| Private | Patrick A. Doyle | Darlington, WI | March 11, 1862 |
| Private | August Druger | Eaton, WI | September 30, 1864 |
| Private | Thomas Ducy | Darlington, WI | February 26, 1862 |
| Private | William Ebert | ? | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Charles Efferts | Auburn, WI | October 14, 1864 |
| Private | Thomas Farrell | Madison, WI | December 8, 1862 |
| Private | Francis Farrell | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | John Fink | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | James P. Finley | Prairie du Chien, WI | February 18, 1862 |
| Private | John Flaner | Kenosha, WI | February 1, 1864 |
| Private | John Fogarty | Chicago, IL | February 10, 1862 |
| Private | Timothy Foley | Menasha, WI | February 11, 1862 |
| Private | Landon Ford | Kenosha, WI | October 14, 1861 |
| Private | Thomas Gaffney | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | Martin Gallagher | Madison, WI | December 4, 1862 |
| Private | Hugh Gallagher | Clinton, NY | February 13, 1862 |
| Private | George M. Gordon | Chicago, IL | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | Hugh Greenwood | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | John Grogan | Kenosha, WI | January 10, 1862 |
| Private | Torbjen Gunderson | La Crosse, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Simon Harrison | New Berlin, WI | November 3, 1864 |
| Private | John Harrington | Kenosha, WI | October 10, 1861 |
| Private | Eugene Harkins | Kenosha, WI | January 10, 1862 |
| Private | William Hefferman | Darlington, WI | March 6, 1862 |
| Private | Frank Herb | Black Creek, WI | September 1, 1864 |
| Private | August Hoff | ? | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Oliver J. Hoye | Kenosha, WI | December 30, 1861 |
| Private | Francis C. Hoye | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | John Hoyt | ? | September 27, 1864 |
| Private | Thomas Huff | Duck Creek, WI | January 18, 1862 |
| Private | Andrew Jenson | ? | September 21, 1864 |
| Private | Samuel Johns | ? | September 21, 1864 |
| Private | Edwin Johnson | Darlington, WI | February 2, 1862 |
| Private | Cornelius Jordan | Brighton, WI | October 24, 1861 |
| Private | Malachi Kane | Kenosha, WI | November 10, 1861 |
| Private | Charles Kapfahl | ? | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Louis Karl | Palmyra, WI | March 26, 1864 |
| Private | Nicholas Keefer | Menomonie, WI | December 1, 1864 |
| Private | Patrick Lally | Sharon, WI | October 18, 1864 |
| Private | Dennis Langan | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | Conrad Lill | Freedom, WI | October 1, 1864 |
| Private | Hugh Lowry | Kenosha WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | John Mack | Madison, WI | September 11, 1862 |
| Private | Timothy Maguire | Kenosha, WI | November 30, 1861 |
| Private | James Mahan | Kenosha, WI | November 2, 1861 |
| Private | Ernest Marks | Blooming Grove, WI | December 1, 1862 |
| Private | Frederick Martin | Clyde, WI | November 19, 1864 |
| Private | Frank Marston | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | Joseph Maxwell | ? | ? |
| Private | Edward McCaskell | Kenosha, WI | December 28, 1863 |
| Private | Charles McDermott | Kenosha, WI | February 12, 1864 |
| Private | William McKenna | Pleasant Prairie, WI | January 15, 1864 |
| Private | John McKey | Darlington, WI | February 6, 1862 |
| Private | Patrick McMahon | Portage, WI | December 12, 1861 |
| Private | Thomas McMahon | Portage, WI | December 12, 1861 |
| Private | John Mehan | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | Peter Meilan | Sterling, WI | October 8, 1864 |
| Private | Jacob Metoxen | Duck Creek, WI | February 13, 1862 |
| Private | John Miller | ? | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Patrick Murphy | Chicago, IL | February 14, 1862 |
| Private | John Murphy | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | Carl Neuman | ? | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Andrew J. Nott | Kenosha, WI | February 13, 1862 |
| Private | John O'Connell | Arena, WI | October 31, 1862 |
| Private | Richard B. O'Flaherty | Milwaukee, WI | January 10, 1862 |
| Private | Timothy O'Leary | Darlington, WI | February 2, 1862 |
| Private | John Pelz | Kenosha, WI | February 3, 1864 |
| Private | Gustav H. Peterson | ? | September 27, 1864 |
| Private | John Peterson | Oshkosh, WI | February 27, 1862 |
| Private | James Powderly | Kenosha, WI | October 19, 1861 |
| Private | Redmond Prindeville | Madison, WI | September 3, 1862 |
| Private | Lorenzo H. Pritchard | Somers, WI | January 25, 1864 |
| Private | James Randall | Weston, WI | October 11, 1864 |
| Private | Daniel Reistow | Berlin, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Charles Reimer | Berlin, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Frederick Rohloff | Berlin, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Joseph Rubens | Kewaunee, WI | October 18, 1864 |
| Private | Mathias Schmitz | Milwaukee, WI | December 1, 1864 |
| Private | Andrew Severson | Vermont, WI | October 14, 1864 |
| Private | Christian Shennan | Gibson, WI | September 29, 1864 |
| Private | Cobus Silas | Duck Creek, WI | February 13, 1862 |
| Private | John Sinninger | Kenosha, WI | February 3, 1864 |
| Private | Levi Smith | Eau Galle, WI | September 27, 1864 |
| Private | John Smith | Somers, WI | February 1, 1864 |
| Private | Frederick Smith | Berlin, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Charles Smith | St. Louis, MO | April 30, 1862 |
| Private | Frederick Steinhauer | Madison, WI | December 9, 1862 |
| Private | William Steinhauer | Blooming Grove, WI | December 9, 1862 |
| Private | Henry Steinhoff | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | Edwin Sykes | Kenosha, WI | October 29, 1861 |
| Private | Ralph M. Tappan | Menomonee, WI | October 29, 1864 |
| Private | Otto B. Thomas | Madison, WI | March 3, 1862 |
| Private | George Torgeson | Stiles, WI | October 24, 1861 |
| Private | Frederick Tranton | Berlin, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Herman Trautsch | Fredonia, WI | November 4, 1864 |
| Private | John A. Ullman | Auburn, WI | October 19, 1864 |
| Private | Jacob Von Reidan | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | Conrad Von Reidan | Eagle, WI | December 10, 1861 |
| Private | John Walsh | Chicago, IL | November 18, 1861 |
| Private | Philip Weber | Lavalie, WI | November 19, 1864 |
| Private | John H. Williams | Pewaukee, WI | September 22, 1864 |
| Private | Frederick Wisinger | Blooming Grove, WI | December 1, 1862 |
| Private | William Wolf | Kenosha, WI | November 8, 1861 |
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Regiment Statistical Information
Regiment lost during service 41 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 269.[1]
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ ACWR 1681
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 704, 715, 721, 723, 779, 835, 1680-1681)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 2. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 49-82)
