CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
17th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
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17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in June, 1861, using
the 6th Battalion Virginia Infantry as its nucleus. Men of this unit were recruited in the counties
of Warren, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Fauquier. After fighting at First Manassas under General Longstreet, it
was assigned to General Ewell's, A.P. Hill's, Kemper's, and Corse's Brigade. The 17th fought
with the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, then participated in
Longstreet's Suffolk Expedition. During the Gettysburg Campaign it was on detached duty at
Gordonsville and later served in Tennessee and North Carolina. Returning toVirginia it fought at
Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, saw action in the Petersburg trenches, and ended the war at
Appomattox. This regiment
totalled 600 men in April, 1862, lost 17 killed and 47 wounded at Williamsburg, had 18 killed and
41 wounded at Seven Pines, and had 17 killed, 23 wounded, and 73 missing at Frayser's Farm. It
reported 48 casualties at Second
Manassas, 13 at South
Mountain, and of the 55 engaged at Sharpsburg about seventy-five percent
were disabled. At Drewry's Bluff 7 were killed and 23 wounded. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and 2 officers and 46 men
surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Montgomery D. Corse, Arthur
Herbert, and Morton Marye; Lieutenant Colonels William Munford and Grayson Tyler; and
Majors George W. Brent and Robert H. Simpson.
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