CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS
17th Battalion, Alabama Sharpshooters
- Overview:
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17th Battalion Sharpshooters was formed during the summer of 1862 and contained two
companies. Assigned to General Gardner's Brigade it participated in the Kentucky Campaign,
then in November transferred to General Deas' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The battalion
served with distinction in the Battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge, but in
December, 1863, had only 59 men and 46 arms. It continued the fight in the conflicts around Atlanta and in July, 1864, was under
G.D. Johnston's command. However, after August the battalion ceased to exist. Lieutenant
Colonel Benjamin C. Yancey was in command of that unit.
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