17th Indiana Light Battery
in the American Civil War
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17th Indiana Light Battery Officer Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 3, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866 17th Indiana Light Battery Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 7, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1867 Regimental History Seventeenth Indiana Light Battery. — Capts., Milton L. Minor, Hezekiah Hinkson. This battery was organized at Indianapolis in the winter of 1862, and was mustered in May 20, 1863. It left the state July 5, going to Baltimore, where it passed the summer and fall, with the exception of a brief expedition to Gettysburg. It reached Harper's Ferry Dec. 28 and, except for a brief period at Frederick City, remained in garrison there until the summer of 1864. During this time it participated in engagements at Harper's Ferry in July and Charlestown in Oct., 1863. The troops at Harper's Ferry and vicinity participated in the operations of Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley during 1864, the battery being engaged at Maryland heights and Halltown, and in the movement against Early it took part at the Opequan, losing 6 men wounded; at Fisher's Hill, New Market and Cedar creek losing 5 men killed, and 15 wounded, and 20 horses killed. It lost 3 guns in the morning at Cedar creek but regained them in the evening when the enemy was driven from the field. At the conclusion of this campaign the battery was stationed at Frederick City and later at Winchester, where it remained until June 19, 1865, when it left for Indianapolis with 3 officers and 108 men. Capt. Miner died in Oct., 1864, and Lieut. Hinkson was promoted to fill the vacancy.Footnotes: Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3 |
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