17th Independent New York Battery

The battery lost 1 enlisted man died of accidental wounds and 16 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
	Organized at Lockport, N.Y.
August 26	Mustered in under Captain George T. Anthony
October 23	Left State for Washington, D.C.
October	Duty at Artillery Camp of Instruction and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. Assigned to Abercrombie’s Division, Defenses of Washington
1863
February	Assigned to Abercrombie’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington
April	Assigned to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps
July	Assigned to Artillery, King’s Division, 22nd Army Corps
1864
March	Assigned to Camp Barry, 22nd Army Corps
May	Assigned to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps
July	Ordered to Join Army of the James in the field at Petersburg, Va. and assigned to Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps
July 6	Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond; Duty on north side of the James River before Richmond
September 28-30	Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights
December	Assigned to Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps
1865
March 28-April 9	Appomattox Campaign
April 2	Fall of Petersburg
April 3-9	Pursuit of Lee
April 6	Rice’s Station
April 9	Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.
April-May	Duty in the Dept. of Virginia
June 12	Mustered out under Captain Anthony