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17th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
==Service==
The 17th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service at Peoria, Illinois on May 24, 1861 for three years service.〔Roy L. Moore, (''History of Woodford County: A Concise History of the Settlement and Growth of Woodford County.'' ) Eureka, IL: Woodford County Republican, 1910; pg. 124.〕
The 17th Illinois Volunteers fought at the bloody Battle of Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee in April 1862, with 130 members of the regiment killed and wounded in the two day battle.〔 This unit also participated in the last phase of the 1863 Siege of Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi,〔 a protracted battle which ultimately led to the surrender of over 29,000 Confederate troops.〔Frances H. Kennedy (ed.), ''The Civil War Battlefield Guide.'' 2nd Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998; pg. 173.〕
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1864 upon expiration of its term of enlistment and its recruits and veterans were transferred to the 8th Illinois.
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