This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry (Three Months’ Service), organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through K. 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
- Colonel Francis E. Patterson – Mustered in April 25, 1861; commanded regiment during Baltimore occupation and subsequent operations.
- Lieutenant Colonel Robert O. Tyler – Mustered in April 25, 1861; second in command.
- Major William A. Lerch – Mustered in April 25, 1861.
Company A
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company B
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company C
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company D
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company E
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company F
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company G
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company H
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company I
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company K
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and pages.
- State Adjutant General Report for Pennsylvania (year and volume as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Vol. 1.