17th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry


 * Mustered in August 28, 1862.
 * Mustered out July 19, 1865.
 * Organized at Bridgeport.
 * Regimental History - The Seventeenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry - The Stamford Historical Society Inc.

The regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut, but the majority of men in each unit resided in the following counties:

Company A - Fairfield County

Company B - Fairfield County

Company C - Fairfield County

Company D - Fairfield County

Company E - Fairfield County

Company F - Fairfield County

Company G - Fairfield County

Company H - Fairfield County

Company I - Fairfield County

Company K - Fairfield County


 * A New Canaan Private in the Civil War: Letters from a Private of the 17th Connecticut Infantry, by Justus M. Silliman and Edward Marcus. This book can be found at www.worldcat.org.
 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Compiled From Records in the Adjutant General's Office and Published by Order of the Legislature, by Horace J. Morse - Adjutant General - Online Book
 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations: (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries (1869) by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Ingersoll, Colin M. (Colin Macrae), 1819-1904 - Online Book
 * Regimental Timeline - 17th Connecticut Infantry Regiment - The Civil War in the East

Also see Connecticut in the Civil War.