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The 17th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Hartford & Calhoun, Ky. in December, 1861, under Colonel John. H. McHenry, Jr., and was mustered into the United States service on the 4th day of January, 1862.
Immediately after organization it was placed upon active duty, and proceeded to the front. In April, 1862, this regiment and the 25th Kentucky, having been so much reduced by disease and the ordinary exigencies of the service, an order was issued for their consolidation, the regiment to retain the name of the 17th. The 25th Kentucky, under Colonel J. M. Shakleford, was thus consolidated and lost its designation.
Under the command of Colonel McHenry, the consolidated 17th Kentucky participated in the engagements at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Corinth, Atlanta, Marietta, Kingston; Dallas, Georgia; Cassville, Georgia; New Hope Church, Georgia; and Altoona Mountain, Georgia.
It was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on the 23rd January, 1865, the recruits and veterans being transferred to the 21st Kentucky Veteran Infantry.