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Federal Regiment

17th Michigan Infantry

"Stonewall Regiment"
Organized: Detroit, MI; mustered in 8/1862

Commanding Officer:
Col. William H. Withington

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #8b: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg
   Detail Map #9: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge
   Detail Map #11: Burnside Climbs Toward Sharpsburg
   Detail Map #12: AP Hill Hits Burnside's Flank

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
   Tablet #62: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 18 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #99: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 2 PM to 18 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #70: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
   Tablet #57: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #63: Christ's Brigade, Willcox's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 18 Sep, 5 PM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth (IX) Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, IX Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps

History of the Unit:
"The 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered at the Detroit Barracks in August 1862 under the command of Colonel William H. Withington. The regiment consisted of raw recruits from field, workshop and schoolroom. One company was composed almost entirely of students from Ypsilanti Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University. With less than a month of military training, the 17th left for Washington DC, on August 27, 1862. From there it was sent to the Maryland campaign. On September 14, a little more than two weeks after leaving the state and just three days before the Battle of Antietam, the regiment engaged in battle here."
(from Stonewall Regiment monument text by Bill Christen)

More on the Web:
See the 17th Michigan Stonewall Regiment" marker on South Mountain

We have 26 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
A	Pvt	Ordiway, Elijah	Died 11/12
B	Pvt	Kirk, George M.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Blanchard, Simon T.	MWIA 00/00
D	Pvt	Dennis, Richard	Died 10/02
D	Pvt	Hovey, Spencer H.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	McMartin, Daniel E.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	O'Neal, Samuel	Died 00/00
D	Pvt	Parmeter, Almeron	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Powers, Nathan	Died 10/24
D	Pvt	Smith, Wilbur F.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Ward, Benjamin	KIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Irwin, Robert C.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McKinnon, Alexander	KIA 09/14
F	Capt	Swift, Frederick William
G	Pvt	Darling, Ansel J	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Schulley, Thomas	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Crane, Newman	MWIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Osborn, Samuel	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Vredenburg, Delas	KIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Chaffer, Wilber E.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Corney, Mason	KIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Lilly, David E.	KIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Weeks, Charles F.	MWIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Lears, Eli	KIA 09/14
F&S	Lt	Richards, William Vigors	WIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Withington, William Herbert

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