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17th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

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220:, against Forts Wagner and Gregg, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston August 15-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Moved to Folly Island, South Carolina, and duty there, operating against Charleston, South Carolina, February 1864. Expedition to John's and James Islands February 6–14. Ordered to Jacksonville, Fla., February 22, and duty there April 15. Moved to St. Augustine, Florida, April 15–17, and duty there June 1865. Action at Welaka May 19, 1864 (detachment). Expedition to Camp Milton May 31-June 3. Action at Milton June 2. Whitesville July 24. Companies A, C, I, and K at Picolata, St. Johns River, July 18, 1864, to February 1865. Companies A, E, F, and H moved to Jacksonville July 22, 1864, and participated in the expedition to Baldwin July 23–28. Expedition to Enterprise September 28, 1864. Companies C, F, and H at Lake City, Florida, and Companies G and I at Tallahatchie May and June 1865. Regiment moved from St. Augustine to Jacksonville June 9, and duty there July 7. 347: 301: 285: 315: 204:, September 3. Duty at Fort Marshall, Defenses of Baltimore, October 1862. At Tennallytown, building Fort Kearney, October 15-November 3. March to Thoroughfare Gap and Chany November 3–12. Duty at Brook's Station, Virginia, December 1862 to April 1863. "Mud March" January 20–24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24. Served in the 402: 189:, Department of the South, to February 1864. 1st Brigade, Ames' Division, District of Florida, Department of the South, to April 1864. District of Florida, Department of the South, to October 1864. 4th Separate Brigade, District of Florida, Department of the South, to July 1865. 350:
Cover photo of pamphlet re: 'The Seventeenth Annual Re-union of the 17th Connecticut Vol Regiment C.V.I. - 1883. The emblem on the cover is of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), a medal worn by surviving members of the
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Allen G. Brady - commanded at the Battle of Chancellorsville following Col Noble's wounding; commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg following the death of Ltc Fowler; wounded in action July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg
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Jr., Company D - Inventor and sewing machine pioneer. He took on the position of Regimental Postmaster, serving out his time riding to and from Baltimore with war news.
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Colonel William H. Noble - wounded in action at the Battle of Chancellorsville; captured December 24, 1864, at Horse Landing, Florida, and paroled April 8, 1865
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The regiment lost a total of 128 men during service; 5 officers and 48 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 74 enlisted men died of disease.
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Notable Member: Private Elias Howe Jr's ID plaque on his shillelagh (cane). Used while he was serving as the 17th's Regimental Postmaster from 1862-1865.
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Lieutenant Colonel Albert H. Wilcoxson - wounded in action and captured March 5, 1865, at Dunn's Lake, Florida
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Seventeenth Annual Reunion of the 17th Regiment C.V.I., Held at Fairfield, Conn., August 28th, 1883
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A New Canaan Private in the Civil War: Letters of Justus M. Silliman, 17th Connecticut Volunteers
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The Seventeenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1862-1865
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Douglas Fowler - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg and killed in action July 1, 1863
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Site dedicated to the history of the 17th Connecticut Infantry (includes a roster)
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17th Connecticut Volunteers at Gettysburg: June 30th and July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1884
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17th Connecticut Infantry monuments at Gettysburg National Battlefield
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The 17th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service July 19, 1865.
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and author responsible for the creation of what became known as the
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Company H, 17th Connecticut Infantry living history organization
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The regiment was attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Maryland,
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The 17th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Connecticut
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Connecticut U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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United States
Union
Infantry
Fredericksburg Campaign
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Horse Landing
16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
infantry
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Colonel
VIII Corps
Middle Department
XI Corps
Army of the Potomac
X Corps
Baltimore, Maryland
Battle of Gettysburg
Hagerstown, Maryland
Folly Island, South Carolina
Morris Island, South Carolina
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Anthony Comstock
United States Postal Inspector

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