17th Kansas Militia Infantry Regiment

17th Regiment Kansas Militia Infantry
Active	October 9, 1864, to October 29, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

The 17th Kansas Militia Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 17th Kansas Militia Infantry was called into service on October 9, 1864. It was disbanded on October 29, 1864.

The unit was called into service to defend Kansas against Price's Raid.

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

Kansas in the American Civil War

Pre-War	Kansas–Nebraska Act Bleeding Kansas Sacking of Lawrence Pottawatomie massacre Battle of Black Jack Battle of Osawatomie Marais des Cygnes massacre Wakarusa War

September 1861	Battle of Dry Wood Creek Sacking of Osceola

August 1863	Lawrence massacre General Order No. 11 (1863)

October 1863	Baxter Springs massacre

October 1864	Battle of Marais des Cygnes Battle of Mine Creek

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