17th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Terry, Austin, Texas, in March, 1862. Men of this unit were recruited at Austin, Belton, and Columbus, and in Burleson, Smith, and Angelina counties. It was assigned to McCulloch's, Flournoy's, Scurry's, and Waterhouse's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and saw action in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. It lost 21 killed, 68 wounded, and 3 missing at Milliken’s Bend, had 1 officer and 39 men captured during Banks' Red River Campaign, then participated in the fight at Jenkins’ Ferry. In 1865 it was stationed at Hempstead, Texas and was included in the surrender in June. The field officers were Colonels Robert T.P. Allen and George W. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Z. Miller, and Majors R.D. Allen and John W. Tabor.
