17th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The regiment was attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Maryland, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to October 1862.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1863.

1st Brigade, Ames' Division, District of Florida, Department of the South, to April 1864.

4th Separate Brigade, District of Florida, Department of the South, to July 1865.

Duty at Fort Marshall, Defenses of Baltimore, October 1862.

Companies A, C, I, and K at Picolata, St. Johns River, July 18, 1864, to February 1865.

Regiment moved from St. Augustine to Jacksonville June 9, and duty there July 7.

Notable Member: Private Elias Howe Jr's ID plaque on his shillelagh (cane). Used while he was serving as the 17th's Regimental Postmaster from 1862-1865.
Cover photo of pamphlet re: 'The Seventeenth Annual Re-union of the 17th Connecticut Vol Regiment C.V.I. - 1883. The emblem on the cover is of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), a medal worn by surviving members of the 17th.