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Seventeenth Vermont Infantry.
Griffin's Brigade —
Potter's Division--Ninth Corps.
Col. Francis V. Randall.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison. &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 3 | | 3 | | | | 14 |
| Company | A | | 18 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 136 |
| | B | 2 | 13 | 15 | | 9 | 9 | 124 |
| | C | 1 | 16 | 17 | | 14 | 14 | 113 |
| | D | 1 | 16 | 17 | | 14 | 14 | 124 |
| | E | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 16 | 16 | 114 |
| | F | 1 | 18 | 19 | | 8 | 8 | 127 |
| | G | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 11 | 11 | 87 |
| | H | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 10 | 10 | 90 |
| | I | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 11 | 11 | 87 |
| | K | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 5 | 5 | 121 |
| Totals | 14 | 133 | 147 | 1 | 116 | 117 | 1,137 |
147 killed == 12.9 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 376; Died of disease in Confederate prisons, 28.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Wilderness, Va. | 21 | Petersburg Assault, Va. | 15 |
| Spotsylvania, Va. | 23 | Petersburg Trenches, Va. | 22 |
| Hanovertown, Va. | 1 | Petersburg Mine, Va. | 16 |
| Picket, Va., May 15, 1864 | 1 | Fall of Petersburg, Va. | 15 |
| Bethesda Church, Va. | 5 | Poplar Spring Church, Va. | 14 |
| Cold Harbor, Va. | 10 | Place Unknown | 4 |
Present, also, at
North Anna; Weldon Railroad; Boydton Road;
Hatcher's Run;
Fort Stedman.
notes.--Although the Seventeenth was in service only one year, yet it saw more fighting and sustained greater losses in action than three-fourths of the regiments in the whole Union Army.
It left the
State April 18, 1864, with seven companies, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Cummings; two weeks later it went into action at the
Wilderness.
Though without drill or necessary preparation the regiment moved steadily under fire, its colors waving on the line of the farthest advance.
Owing to the prevalence of an epidemic in the ranks, it took only 313 muskets into that action, losing 8 killed, 63 wounded, and 3 missing. The next week, led by
Major Reynolds, it fought at
Spotsylvania.
its casualties there amounting to 10 killed and 60 wounded. At the
Mine Explosion it lost 8 killed, 22 wounded, and 23 missing--
Major Reynolds and 5 line officers losing their lives in this affair.
The regiment also sustained heavy loses at
Petersburg, both in the general assault of June 18th, and in the trenches, where, for months, men were killed or wounded every day.
Lieutenant-Colonel Cummings, who was wounded at the
Wilderness, resumed command at the battle of Poplar Grove Church, but only to lose his life in that battle.
Three more companies joined the regiment during the
summer and
fall of 1864.
On April 2, 1865, the Seventeenth took part in the storming of the works at
Petersburg — its last battle — losing in that action 8 killed, 39 wounded, and 2 missing. It was mustered out July 14, 1865.
