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17th New
York Infantry
Online Books:
17th New York
Infantry Soldier
Roster - Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York For the Year
1893, Volume 19 View the Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| Seventeenth New York Infantry. — Cols., Henry S. Lansing, William T. C.
Grower, Joel O. Martin, James Lake; Lieut. -Cols., Thomas Ford Morris, Nelson B. Bartram,
Edward Jardine, Joel O. Martin, James Lake, Alexander S. Marshall; Majs., Charles A.
Johnson, Nelson B. Bartram, William T. C. Grower, Joel O. Martin, Charles Hilbert,
Alexander S. Marshall, James B. Horner. The 17th regiment — the "Westchester
Chasseurs" — contained four companies from Westchester county, two from New York
city, one from each of the counties of Rockland, Chenango, Wayne and Wyoming, and was
mustered into the U. S. service at New York city, May 28, 1861, for a two years' term. It
went into camp at Camp Washington, Staten Island, until June 21, when it left for
Washington and was stationed at Fort Ellsworth near Alexandria. With the 2nd brigade, 5th
division, which was held in reserve, the regiment was present at Bull Run. In September it
was posted at Fairfax seminary; in October was ordered to Hall's hill, where it was
assigned to Butterfield's brigade, 1st division, 3d corps, and established permanent
winter quarters. In March, 1862, a company from the 53d N. Y. infantry was assigned to the
17th, and in May, the brigade became a part of the 1st division of the 5th provisional
corps. In March the command moved to Fortress Monroe and after several reconnoitering
expeditions proceeded to Yorktown, where it participated in the siege operations. It was
not actively engaged in the ensuing battles of the Peninsular campaign and went into camp
at Harrison's landing, whence it moved to Newport News and Manassas. At the second Bull
Run the regiment made a valiant assault, in which it suffered the loss of 183 killed,
wounded and missing, and after the battle the brigade was withdrawn to the vicinity of
Washington, where it joined the army in the Maryland campaign, without being called into
action. It reached Falmouth in Nov., 1862, where camp was established; the regiment was
active at Fredericksburg and shared in the "Mud March," returning to complete
the winter at Falmouth. It was held in reserve at Chancellorsville, the last engagement of
the two years men, who were mustered out at New York city, May 22, 1863. During the two
years' service, the regiment lost 42 men by death from wounds and 48 by death from other
causes. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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