17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

The 17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment formed at Camp Moore in September 1861 and served during the war in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The unit stayed in New Orleans until February 1862 and then moved north to Corinth, Mississippi. The regiment first saw action at Shiloh in April 1862 while serving in Patton Anderson's brigade. Afterwards, the regiment redeployed to the Vicksburg area and repelled Sherman's attack at Chickasaw Bayou that December. In 1863 the regiment took part in the Vicksburg campaign, first fighting at Port Gibson and then at the Siege of Vicksburg in William Baldwin's brigade.[2] On July 4, 1863, the regiment was surrendered along with all other Confederate soldiers at Vicksburg. The soldiers were paroled and went home. The regiment reported to a parole camp at Shreveport, Louisiana, in January 1864. The regiment was on garrison duty in western Louisiana for the remainder of the war, before disbanding in May 1865.[3]

17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Unidentified soldier wears Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal belt buckle.
Active29 September 1861 – 19 May 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance Louisiana
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment (832 men, Sept. 1861)[1]
Part ofAnderson's and Baldwin's Brigades
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Robert Richardson
Louisiana Infantry Regiments (Confederate)
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See also

Notes
  1. Bergeron 1989, p. 116.
  2. "17th Louisiana Infantry". National Park Service. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. Bergeron 1989, pp. 115–117.

References
  • Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 1. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987a [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-569-8.
  • Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 3. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987b [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-571-X.
  • Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
  • Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
  • Dimitry, John; Harrell, John M. (1899). Confederate Military History: Louisiana and Arkansas. Vol. 10. Atlanta, Ga.: Blue & Gray Press.
  • Official Records (1884). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume X Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 507. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  • Smith, Timothy B. (2014). Shiloh: Conquer or Perish. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2347-1.


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