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The 17th Indiana Battery lost 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 10 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind.
May 20 Mustered in
July 5 Left Indiana by rail for Baltimore, Md.
July 7 Garrison duty at Baltimore, Md. Attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Corps, Middle Department
December 27 Moved to Harper’s Ferry and garrison duty there
1863
January Attached to Defenses, Upper Potomac, 8th Corps
March Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps
June Attached to Maryland Brigade, French’s Command, 8th Corps
July 1 Evacuation of Harper’s Ferry
July 7 Reoccupation of Harper’s Ferry and Maryland Heights. Attached to 2nd Brigade, then 1st Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, Department of West Virginia
October 18 Action at Berryville, Va.
December 10-24 Well’s Demonstration from Harper’s Ferry
December Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia
1864
January Attached to Wheaton’s Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia
April Attached to Reserve Division, Harper’s Ferry
August 7-November 28

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Attached to Reserve Artillery, 19th Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division

September 19

Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan)

September 21 Strasburg
September 22

Fisher’s Hill

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

October Garrison duty at Frederick City, Md., and at Winchester, Va.
December Attached to Artillery Brigade, 19th Corps, Army of the Shenandoah
1865
March Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah
June 19 Ordered to Indianapolis, Ind.
July 8 The 17th Indiana Battery mustered out