Infantry Units: 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Infantry units were recruited from all over the state. Those represented in detail here are the ones recruited primarily from northwest Ohio counties and those whose members wrote to local newspapers. More information will be added as it becomes available.
This Regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio in September 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in the service until July 16, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the War Department.
Some of the battles in which this unit participated include:
- Wild Cat, KY, October 21, 1861
- Corinth, MS (Siege of), April 30-May 30, 1862
- Stone River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863
- Tullahoma Campaign, TN, June 23-30, 1863
- Hoover's Gap, TN, June 25, 1863
- Chickamauga, GA, September 19-20, 1863
- Orchard Knob, TN, November 23, 1863
- Lookout Mountain, TN, November 23, 1863
- Missionary Ridge, TN, November 25, 1863
- Rocky Face Ridge, GA, May 5-9, 1864
- Resaca, GA, May 13-16, 1864
- Dallas, GA, May 25-June 4, 1864
- Kennesaw Mountain, GA, June 9-30, 1864
- Chattahoochee River, GA, July 9, 1864
- Peachtree Creek, GA, July 20, 1864
- Jonesboro, GA, August 31-September 1, 1864
- Bentonville, NC, March 19-21, 1865
