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Muster In: Organized June 10, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Colonel Arthur Herbert
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

  • Commander: Lt. Colonel Arthur Herbert (June 9, 1864)4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Corse’s Brigade | Pickett’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5

  • Commander: Lt. Colonel Arthur Herbert (June 30, 1864)6
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Third Offensive Order of Battle:

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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Arthur Herbert (at least August 3 & 30-31, 1864)7,8,9,10
  • Unit Strength: 212 officers and men PFD (August 13, 1864)11
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Arthur Herbert (September 30 1864)12
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Arthur Herbert (October 31-November 1, 1864)13,14
  • Unit Strength: ~285 officers and men PFD (October ?, 1864)15
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Arthur Herbert (November 30 + December 29 & 31, 1864)16,17,18
  • Unit Strength:
    • 271 officers and men PFD (November 30, 1864)19
    • 257 officers and men PFD (December 29, 1864)20
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Arthur Herbert (January 27, 1865)21
  • Unit Strength: 250 officers and men PFD (January 28, 1865)22
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Arthur Herbert (March 21  & April 1 & 6, 1865)23
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles24:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
  • Sayler’s Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

Sources:

  1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 191-193 ↩
  2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 191-193 ↩
  3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  4. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 56): Pay Voucher for Jan 31 to Mar 1 on June 9, 1864 ↩
  5. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., p. 111 ↩
  6. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 19): Field and Staff Muster Roll for May and June 1864: “Signs roll as commanding regiment” ↩
  7. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 37): Appears on a Register of Appointments Promoted July 8 1864: Herbert was promoted to a full Colonel to date from July 8, 1864. ↩
  8. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 40): Appears on an Inspection Report of Corse’s Brigade August 3, 1864 ↩
  9. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 70): Special Requisition August 30, 1864 ↩
  10. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 20): Field and Staff Muster Roll for July and August 1864 ↩
  11. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. 17th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 66: August 13, 1864 Confederate inspection report ↩
  12. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 91): Pay Voucher for Sept 1 to 30 on September 30, 1864 ↩
  13. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 21): Field and Staff Muster Roll for September and October 1864 ↩
  14. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 78): Special Requisition for Quartermasters Stores November 1, 1864 ↩
  15. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. 17th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 65: “The regiment in October had a daily detail of forty men on picket and fifteen men on guard duty at night in the main line.  This was at a time when the regiment’s present for duty strength was not over 285.” ↩
  16. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 43): Appears on an Inspection Report of Corse’s Brigade November 30 1864 ↩
  17. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 41): Appears on an Inspection Report of Corse’s Brigade December 29, 1864 ↩
  18. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 22): Field and Staff Muster Roll for November and December 1864 ↩
  19. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. 17th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 70: November 30, 1864 Confederate inspection report ↩
  20. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. 17th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 71: December 29, 1864 Confederate inspection report ↩
  21. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, National Archives, Roll 588 (Arthur Herbert, 17th Virginia, Fold3.com Page 32): Appears on an Inspection Report of Corse’s Brigade January 27, 1865 ↩
  22. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. 17th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1990), p. 71: January 28, 1865 Confederate inspection report ↩
  23. Wallace, Lee A., Jr. 17th Virginia Infantry (H.E. Howard: 1990), pp. 74, 76, 79: Herbert assumed command of Corse’s Brigade on April 6, 1865 when Corse was captured at Sayler’s Creek. ↩
  24. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 191-193 ↩

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