The 17th Maine Regiment was mustered in for three years' service on August 18, 1862, and were mustered out on June 4, 1865. Re-enlisted men and recruits transferred to 1st Regiment Maine Heavy Artillery in June 1865. Of the 1371 men enrolled in the regiment, 759 were killed or died of wounds, 163 died of disease, and 31 were in Confederate Prisons. The 17th Maine Regiment sustained the heaviest battle losses of any Maine Infantry Regiment.

They served in the following engagements:

Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
Chancellorsville, VA - May 1 - 4, 1863
Gettysburg, PA - July 1 - 3, 1863
Wapping Heights, VA - July 21 - 23, 1863
Catlett's Station, VA - October 14, 1863
Kelly's Ford, VA - November 7, 1863
Mine Run, VA - November 26 - December 1, 1863
Wilderness, VA - May 5 - 7, 1864
Po river, VA - May 9 - 11, 1864
Spotsylvania, VA - May 7 - 20, 1864
North Anna, VA - May 23 - 27, 1864
Totopotomy, VA - May 26, - 30, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA - May 31 - June 12, 1864
Jerusalem Plank Road, VA - June 22 - 23, 1864
Deep Bottom, VA - August 14, 1864
Poplar Spring Church, VA - September 30 - October 2, 1864
Fort Hell, VA -
Boydton Road, VA - October 23, 1864
Hatchers Run, VA - December 8 - 9, 1864
Deatonsville, VA - April 6, 1865
Saylors Creek, VA - April 6, 1865
Farmville, VA - April 7, 1865
Appomattox, VA - April 9, 1865

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