Organized in Missouri at large August to December, 1861. Served unassigned, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. Unassigned, Army of Mississip...

Organized at St. Louis, Mo., August, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, t...

The ten companies composing the Seventeenth Iowa Infantry were ordered into, quarters at Keokuk, Iowa, between the dates January 25 and Marc...

The ten companies assigned to this regiment were ordered into quarters by Governor Kirkwood on dates ranging from June 24 to July 3, 1861. T...

SECOND COLONEL, SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY. David B. Hillis is a native of Jefferson county, Indiana; and was born on the 25th day of July, 1825. ...

FIRST COLONEL, SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY. John W. Rankin was born on the 11th day of June, 1823. He is of Scotch Irish descent, his mother bei...