17th Ohio Infantry

The 17th Ohio Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Durbin Ward and serving in Connell's Brigade, Brannan's Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, fought on September 19, 1863, from about 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. on the right of Van Derveer's Brigade, about one mile east of the Lafayette Road and a few hundred yards south of the Reed's Bridge Road. On September 20, it held the first line of battle in this position until 12:00 noon, when General Wood's Division vacated the line on its right. Assailed in front and on its right flank, the regiment was driven beyond the range of hills west of here and became separated from the left of the army. Later that day Lieutenant Colonel Ward was wounded, and command then passed to Major Butterfield. A detachment of the regiment rallied on Snodgrass Hill and fought until the army retired at night. Its losses were 16 killed, 114 wounded, and 21 captured or missing, a total of 151.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States