Indiana 17th Infantry (Union)
12/06/1861
Organized - Indiana 17th Infantry - Indiana
03/10/1861
Battle - Greenbrier River - Pocahontas County, West Virginia
During the night of October 2-3, Union Brig. General Joseph Reynolds advanced with two brigades from Cheat Mountain to reconnoiter the Confederate position at Camp Bartow on the Greenbrier River. Reynolds drove in the Confederate pickets and opened fire with his artillery. After sporadic fighting and an abortive attempt to turn the Confederate's right flank, Reynolds withdrew back to Cheat Mountain. Interestingly, the following months saw reports from both sides heavily exaggerate the number of enemy losse…READ MORE
03/10/1861
Battle - Greenbrier River, West Virginia
29/04/1862
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George W. Gorman
Lieutenant ColonelGeorge W. Gorman
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Milo Smith Hascall, and undefined k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0
Brigadier GeneralMilo Smith Hascall
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 18 guns k-0 w-0 m-2 = 2, and Brigadier General Thomas John Wood
Brigadier GeneralThomas John Wood
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
31/12/1862
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
24/06/1863
Battle - Hoover's Gap - Bedford County, Tennessee; Rutherford County, Tennessee
On the morning of June 24th [1863], at 3 o'clock, we left camp 5 miles north of Murfreesboro, and started to the "front," in advance of everything. As we passed through the camps in Murfreesboro, the rattle of drums, sounding of bugles, and clatter of wagons, told us plainly that the whole army was to follow in our wake, and we knew full well, from the direction we were taking, that a few hours march would bring the brigade to some of the strongholds of the enemy, so there was silence in the column as we m…READ MORE
11/09/1863
Battle - Ringgold, Georgia
19/09/1863
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
07/10/1863
Battle - Shelbyville, Tennessee
07/10/1863
Battle - Farmington - Farmington, Tennessee
The Battle of Farmington, Tennessee was fought October 7, 1863 in Farmington, Marshall County, Tennessee as part of Confederate Major General Joseph Wheeler's October 1863 Raid in the American Civil War. The battle was fought as Wheeler was retreating back to the Confederate lines. Following a Union cavalry charge, the Confederates were routed, with an entire regiment deserting.READ MORE
27/11/1863
Battle - Cleveland, Tennessee
24/05/1864
Battle - Dallas, Georgia
21/06/1864
Battle - Noonday Creek, Georgia
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Abram O. Miller
ColonelAbram O. Miller
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Kenner Garrard
Brigadier GeneralKenner Garrard
31/08/1864
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
13/10/1864
Battle - Rome, Georgia
01/04/1865
Battle - Ebenezer Church, Alabama
01/04/1865
Battle - Plantersville, Alabama
02/04/1865
Battle - Selma - Selma, Alabama
The war was almost over when Union troops under the leadership of Gen. James H. Wilson and 13,500 cavalry and mounted infantry (the Raiders) invaded Alabama. Anticipating invasion, Selma prepared as best it could. But Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's highly outnumbered 2,000 men, consisting of mostly old men and boys, could not hold Wilson's Raiders. The people of Selma were doomed even before the battle started on April 2, 1865. Selma has the largest historic district in Alabama, and it is the second-old…READ MORE
20/04/1865
Battle - Macon, Georgia
08/08/1865
Mustered Out - Indiana 17th Infantry - Indiana
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