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Muster In: June 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain Jesse C. Cochran
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Humphreys’ Brigade | Kershaw’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Commander: Captain Jesse C. Cochran4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Humphreys’ Brigade | Kershaw’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles9:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Weldon Railroad (June 22, 1864)
- Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, and New Market Road (July 27-29, 1864)
- Malvern Hill (July 28, 1864)
- Hatcher’s Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Sayler’s Creek (April 6, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 17th MS: A Confederate Soldier and His Descendants
- 17th MS: A Life for the Confederacy, as Recorded in the Pocket Diaries of Pvt. Robert A. Moore
- 17th MS: The Hour of Our Nation’s Agony: The Civil War Letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi
- 17th MS: To See My Country Free: The Pocket Diaries of Ezekiel Armstrong, Ezekiel P. Miller, and Joseph A. Miller
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 17th MS: A Confederate Soldier and His Descendants
- 17th MS: A Life for the Confederacy, as Recorded in the Pocket Diaries of Pvt. Robert A. Moore
- 17th MS: The Hour of Our Nation’s Agony: The Civil War Letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi
- 17th MS: To See My Country Free: The Pocket Diaries of Ezekiel Armstrong, Ezekiel P. Miller, and Joseph A. Miller
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, pages 100-102 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, 100-102 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi, National Archives, Roll 252 (Jesse C. Cochran, 17th Mississippi): Company Muster Roll for May and June 1864 (Page 21 at Footnote.com):Listed under Remarks: “Acting as commander of 17th Mississippi Regiment” ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi, National Archives, Roll 252 (Jesse C. Cochran, 17th Mississippi): Company Muster Roll for May and June 1864 (Page 21 at Footnote.com):Listed under Remarks: “Acting as commander of 17th Mississippi Regiment” ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi, National Archives, Roll 252 (Jesse C. Cochran, 17th Mississippi): Company Muster Roll for July and August 1864 (Page 22 at Footnote.com):Listed under Remarks: “Commanding regiment” ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi, National Archives, Roll 252 (Jesse C. Cochran, 17th Mississippi): Company Muster Roll for July and August 1864 (Page 22 at Footnote.com):Listed under Remarks: “Commanding regiment” ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi by Stewart Sifakis, 100-102 ↩
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