United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia > 17th West Virginia Infantry


The 17th West Virginia Infantry Regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 24 to disease during the American Civil War.

1864
September 26 to February 25 The regiment was organized at Wheeling, West Virginia. Attached to Reserve Division, District of Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, west of Sleepy Hollow
September 27 Moved to Clarksburg, West Virginia. Guarded railroad and on garrison duty to the end of the war.
1865
March Attached to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia
June 30 Mustered out