The 17th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the

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during the

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. It served in the

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in the eastern theater from March 1864 to July 1865. The regiment was mustered into United States service in companies between March and August 1864 at

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. Francis V. Randall, a veteran of the 2nd and 13th Vermont, was

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and regimental commander. Charles Cummings and Lyman Enos Knapp were lieutenant colonels. James Stevens Peck, a 13th Vermont veteran, was the regimental adjutant with the rank of Major.Vermont in the Civil War
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, a veteran of the 13th Vermont, was commissioned as Captain and commander of Company A. It was engaged in, or present at, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy Creek,

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, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring church, and Hatcher's Run in the

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. The regiment lost men during service: 133 men killed and mortally wounded, 3 died from accident, 33 died in Confederate prisons, and 57 died from disease; a total loss of 226 men. The regiment mustered out of service on July 14, 1865.

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Vermont National Guard Library and Museum
Units and formations of the Union Army from Vermont 1864 establishments in Vermont {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub