17th Regiment
Veteran Reserve Corps*

Officers


Source:  Official Army Register of the Volunteer Forces, U. S. Army, Part VIII: Territories, Veteran Reserve Corps, U. S. Veteran Volunteers, U. S. Colored Troops, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., July 15, 1867.

Name

Rank

Date of Rank

Remarks

A. J. Warner Colonel November 15, 1863 Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865
John H. Gardner Lieut. Colonel March 20, 1864  
Henry A. Mitchell Major November 9, 1863  
George M. Lane Captain June 15, 1863  
Jacob H. Smith Captain June 25, 1863  
Samuel A. Craig Captain September 5, 1863  
Hugh Middleton Captain October 1, 1863  
Fergus Walker Captain October 1, 1863  
Frank Bell Captain October 15, 1863 Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
James H. Corns Captain November 9, 1863  
Nathaniel Shurtleff Captain December 10, 1863  
E. M. L. Ehlers1 Captain December 10, 1863 Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865
Christopher R. Becker Captain December 10, 1863  
George W. Debevoise Captain June 5, 1865  
Thomas H. Simmons 1st Lt. July 20, 1863 Adjutant
George McComber 1st Lt. August 11, 1863 Regimental Quarter Master
Andrew J. Wells 1st Lt. September 24, 1863  
Charles Reynolds 1st Lt. November 15, 1863  
Edward E. Williams 1st Lt. March 5, 1864  
Benjamin F. Hawkes 1st Lt. August 6, 1864 Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
Oscar Strait 1st Lt. September 16, 1864  
Louis E. Crone 2d Lt. June 15, 1863  
Joseph Burns 2d Lt. March 3, 1864  

1Retained in Service.

Casualties

Promoted (2)

2d Lt. Amos S. Collins, February 21, 1865, to 1st Lt., 8th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
2d Lt. Thomas W. Lord, (Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865), June 5, 1865, to 1st Lt., 5th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.

Transferred (4)

1st Lt. William N. Williams, April 25, 1864, to 93d Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.
1st Lt. Francis Otwell, April 25, 1864, to 94th Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.
1st Lt. George F. McDougall, March 3, 1864, to 16th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
2d Lt. Theodore F. Forbes, August 7, 1864, to 5th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.

Resigned (8)

Colonel A. J. Warner, (Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865), July 7, 1864.
Captain John S. Hatch, April 25, 1865.
Captain Philip Buck, September 13, 1865.
Captain George W. Debevoise, September 30, 1865.
Captain Nathaniel Shurtleff, November 28, 1865.
1st Lt. Huber Bastian, February 4, 1865.
2d Lt. Richard I. Frayne, June 16, 1864.
2d Lt. George H. Long, July 8, 1865.

Discharged (19)

Lieut. Colonel John H. Gardner, November 13, 1865.
Captain Erich B. Hoppe, September 21, 1865.
Captain Jacob H. Smith, October 25, 1865.
Captain James H. Corns, November 13, 1865.
Captain Hugh Middleton, November 30, 1865.
Captain George M. Lane, (Brevet Major, November 7, 1865), April 23, 1866.
Captain Frank Bell, (Brevet Major, March 13, 1865), June 30, 1866.
Captain Fergus Walker, July 20, 1866.
Captain Samuel A. Craig, December 3, 1866.
Captain Christopher R. Becker, October 8, 1867.
1st Lt. Thomas H. Simmons, Adjutant, June 30, 1866.
1st Lt. Edward E. Williams, June 11, 1866.
1st Lt. Andrew J. Wells, June 30, 1866.
1st Lt. Charles Reynolds, June 30, 1866.
1st Lt. Benjamin F. Hawkes, (Brevet Major, March 13, 1865), July 20, 1866.
1st Lt. Oscar Strait, July 25, 1866.
1st Lt. George McComber, Regimental Quarter Master, July 25, 1866.
2d Lt. Louis E. Crone, October 22, 1866.
2d Lt. Joseph Burns, January 26, 1867.

Died (1)

Major Henry A. Mitchell, October 10, 1865, at Groton, Conn.
Captain Charles W. Price, October 11, 1864, at Indianapolis, Ind., of injuries accidently received by falling timber.
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*This roster of officers is given as it stood September 25, 1865.

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