This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 17th Indiana Light Battery (Civil War), organized by Field & Staff and by sections. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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For an overview of this regiment’s organization, service, engagements, and casualties, see the regiment summary page.
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Field & Staff
- Captain Milton L. Minor – Original commanding officer; died October 1864.
- Captain Hezekiah Hinkson – Promoted from lieutenant to captain after Minor’s death.
- Lieutenant – Name and details to be added from state adjutant general reports.
- Lieutenant – Name and details to be added from state adjutant general reports.
Non-Commissioned Staff
- First Sergeant – Name and details to be added from state adjutant general reports.
- Quartermaster Sergeant – Name and details to be added from state adjutant general reports.
- Other Non-Commissioned Officers – Names and details to be added as available.
Section 1
- Records for this section are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Section 2
- Records for this section are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Section 3
- Records for this section are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Unassigned Recruits
Records for unassigned recruits, if any, are incomplete in the available primary sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
No consolidations or transfers are noted in the primary sources for the 17th Indiana Light Battery (Civil War).
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering the Army of the Shenandoah and Department of West Virginia.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (years 1863–1865; volumes and pages as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 3.