Louisiana 17th Infantry (Confederate)
9/29/61
Organized - Louisiana 17th Infantry - Louisiana
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Jones
Lieutenant ColonelCharles Jones
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
12/26/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Robert Richardson
ColonelRobert Richardson
12/26/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William T. Withers
ColonelWilliam T. Withers
12/26/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Stephen Dill Lee, and Major General Dabney Herndon Maury
Brigadier GeneralStephen Dill Lee
Major GeneralDabney Herndon Maury
12/26/62
Battle - Chickasaw Bayou - Warren County, Mississippi
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William E. Baldwin
Brigadier GeneralWilliam E. Baldwin
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Martin L. Smith
Major GeneralMartin L. Smith
5/18/63
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
5/26/65
Mustered Out - Louisiana 17th Infantry - Louisiana
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