17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa state flag
Active	March 21, 1862 to July 25, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Battle of Corinth Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Raymond Battle of Champion's Hill Battle of Big Black River Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro March to the Sea

The 17th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

The 17th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on April 16, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 25, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The 17th Iowa mustered 958 men at the time it left Iowa for active campaigning.^[1] It suffered 5 officers and 66 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 121 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 194 fatalities.^[2]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel John W. Rankin
• Colonel David Hillis^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of Iowa Civil War Units
• Iowa in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil501.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
2. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#17th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
3. ^ Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive