17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Cape Elizabeth, Maine
for three year's service on August 18, 1862 and were mustered out on June 10, 1865. Recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 1st Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment.
The 17th Maine suffered the highest battle casualties of any Maine regiment.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Cape Elizabeth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The town is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...
for three year's service on August 18, 1862 and were mustered out on June 10, 1865. Recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 1st Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment.
Casualties and total strength
The 17th Maine enrolled 1,371 men during its existence. It lost 12 officers and 195 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and an additional 4 officers and 159 enlisted men died of disease. 31 men died in Confederate prisons. Total fatalities for the regiment were 370.The 17th Maine suffered the highest battle casualties of any Maine regiment.
See also
- List of Maine Civil War units
- Maine in the American Civil WarMaine in the American Civil WarDuring the American Civil War, the state of Maine was a source of military manpower, supplies, ships, arms, and political support for the Union Army...