HISTORICAL NOTES:

The 17th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate) was organized at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in June, 1861, using the 6th Battalion Virginia Infantry as its nucleus. Men of this unit were recruited in the counties of Warren, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Fauquier. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and 2 officers and 46 men surrendered on April 9, 1865.

FIELD OFFICERS:

The field officers were Colonels Montgomery D. Corse, Arthur Herbert, and Morton Marye; Lieutenant Colonels William Munford and Grayson Tyler; and Majors George W. Brent and Robert H. Simpson.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Department of Alexandria June 1861 Longstreet's Brigade, Army of the Potomac June - July 1861
Longstreet's Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac July - October 1861
Clark's-Ewell's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia October 1861 - January 1862
Ewell's-A. P. Hill's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia January - March 1862
A. P. Hill's-Kemper's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Army of Northern Virginia March - June 1862
Kemper's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia June - August 1862
Kemper's Brigade, Kemper's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia August - September 1862
Kemper's Brigade, D. R. Jones' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia September 1862
Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia September - November 1862
Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia November 1862 - February 1863
Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina February - April 1863
Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Southern Virginia April - May 1863
Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia May - September 1863
Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of North Carolina September-October 1863
Unattached, Department of North Carolina October 1863 - January 1864
Corse's Brigade, Department of North Carolina February - May 1864
Corse's Brigade, Hoke's Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia May 1864
Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia May 1864 - April 1865

BATTLES:

Skirmish Fairfax C. H., Va. (Warrenton Rifles Only) June 1, 1861
Battle Bull Run, Va. (Blackburn's Ford) July 18, 1861
Siege Yorktown Siege April - May 1862
Battle Williamsburg, Va. May 5, 1862
Battle Seven Pines, Va. May 31, 1862
Battle Gaines' Mill, Va. (Seven Days Battles) June 26, 1862
Battle Frazier's Farm, Va. (Seven Days Battles) June 27, 1862
Battle Second Manassas, Va. August 30, 1862
Battle Boonsboro, Md. (South Mountain) September 14, 1862
Battle Sharpsburg, Md. (Antietam) September 16 - 17, 1862
Battle Fredericksburg, Va. December 12 - 15, 1862
Siege Suffolk, Va. April 15 - May 3, 1863
Skirmish Manassas Gap, Va. July 20, 1863
Skirmish Zollicoffer, Tn. September 20 & 24, 1863
Raid Suffolk, Va. November 11, 1863
Expedition New Bern, N. C. January 28 - May 15, 1864
Skirmish Flat Creek Bridge, Va. May 15, 1864
Battle Drewry's Bluff, Va. May 16, 1864
Battle North Anna May 22 - 26, 1864
Battle Cold Harbor, Va. June 1 - 12, 1864
Siege Petersburg, Va. June 17, 1864 - March 28, 1865
Skirmish Dinwiddie C. H., Va. March 30 - 31, 1865
Skirmish Hatcher's Run, Va. March 31, 1865
Battle Five Forks, Va. April 1, 1865
Battle Sayler's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865
Surrender Appomattox C. H., Va. April 9, 1865

ROSTERS:

The rosters of this unit contains the names of 2524 men.

Company A (Alexandria Riflemen) - Alexandria County

Company B ( Warren Rifles) - Warren County

Company C ( Loudoun Guard) - Loudoun County

Company D ( Fairfax Riflemen) Fairfax County

Company E ( Mount Vernon Guards) - Alexandria County

Company F ( Prince William Rifles) - Prince William County

Company G ( Emmett Guards) - Alexandria County

Company H ( Old Dominion Rifles) - Alexandria County

Company I (O'Connell Guards) - Alexandria County

Company K ( Warrenton Rifles) - Alexandria County

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

REFERENCES:

http://www.fairfaxrifles.org/history.html

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