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Michigan in the Civil War
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
Crater, Va., July 30, 1864;
Weldon R. R., Va., August 19, 21, 1864;
Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864;
Poplar Spring Church, Va., September 30, 1864;
Pegram Farm, Va., October 2, 1864;
Boydton Road, Va., October 8, 1864;
Hatcher's Run, Va., October 27, 28, 1864;
Fort Steedman, Va., March 25, 1865;
capture of Petersburg, Va., April 3, 1865;
siege of Petersburg, Va., from June 17, 1864, to April 3, 1865.
The regiment had a membership of 1,079, its losses were 283, of which 3 officers and 89 men were killed in action, 4 officers and 35 men died of wounds, and 152 of disease.
" The names of the fallen the traveler leaves,
Cut out with his knife on the bark of the trees;
But little avail his affectionate arts,
For the name of the dead are engraved on our hearts. "
Civil War
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