SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
3 YEARS SERVICE
FIELD AND STAFF - 3 years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Comm. Mustered            
               
Fellows, John F. Lt. Colonel ? ? Chelsea Aug. 21, 1861 Sept. 2, 1861 Taken prisioner at Batchelder's Creek, North Carolina on February 1, 1864. Exchanged, date unknown. Commissioned Colonel on October 9, 1864, after discharge, but not mustered. Discharged to date August 9, 1864 as Lieutant Colonel.
Mann, Barnabas N. Adjutant 37 trader Chelsea Aug. 21, 1861 Sept. 2, 1861 Wounded on December 17, 1862 at Goldsboro, North Carolina. Transferred to Company K on November 7, 1863. Taken prisioner on February 1, 1864 at Batchelder's Creek, North Carolina. Died as Prisioner of War on October 8, 1864 at Charleston, South Carolina as 1st. Lieutenant of Company K.
COMPANY A ROSTER - 3 years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered            
               
Besse, Lewis F. Private 36 seaman N. Chelsea May 10, 1861 July 21, 1861 Re-enlisted on January 4, 1864. Appointed Corporal on February 11, 1865 and transferred to Company F. Mustered out on July 11, 1865.
Cole, David Private 28 seaman Chelsea Jan. 5, 1864 Jan. 5, 1864 Discharged on June 26, 1865 at McDougal Hospital, New York as of Co. B.
Mayo, Richard G. Private 30 painter Chelsea May 10, 1861 July 21, 1861 Discharged on October 1, 1862 on Surgeon's Certificate of Disability at Newborn, North Carolina.
COMPANY B ROSTER - 3 years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered            
               
Chambers, William Private 24 farmer Chelsea Aug. 22, 1861 Aug. 22, 1861 Re-enlisted on December 4, 1864. Discharged on June 30, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.
COMPANY D ROSTER - 3 years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered            
               
Campbell, William H. Private 31 coal dealer Chelsea Jan. 31, 1862 Jan. 31, 1862 Discharged on January 30, 1865 at Boston, Massachusetts.
Cheever, Henry A. 1st Lieutenant 23 ? Chelsea Feb. 20, 1862 Mar. 13, 1862 Commissioned on February 20, 1862. Appointed Adjutant on November 25, 1862. Wounded and taked prisioner on February 1, 1864 at Batchelder's Creek, North Carolina. Exchanged and rejoined his Regiment on June 4, 1864. Mustered out on August 3, 1864 as 1st. Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant.
Evans, Joel W. P. Private 22 teamster Chelsea Jan. 31, 1862 Jan. 31, 1862 Mustered out to date January 30, 1865
Fellows, Charles O. 2nd Lieutenant 19 ? Chelsea Dec. 13, 1861 Dec. 13, 1861 Commissioned on December 13, 1861. Commissioned and mustered as 1st. Lieutenant on August 13, 1862. Commissioned Captain on August 4, 1864. Mustered on February 11, 1865. Mustered out on July 11, 1865 as Captain of Company F.
Foster, Peter Private 29 shoemaker Chelsea Jan. 27, 1862 Jan. 27, 1862 Deserted on February 22, 1862.
Merriam, William N. Private 38 paper hanger Chelsea Jan. 31, 1862 Jan. 31, 1862 Became a Prisioner of War on February 1, 1864 at Batchelder's Creek, North Carolina. Died of disease at Andersonville, Georgia as Prisioner of War on May 24, 1864.
Simonds, Eabud Private 35 leather dresser Chelsea Feb. 10, 1862 Feb. 10, 1862 Became a Prisioner of War on February 1, 1864 at Batchelder's Creek, North Carolina. Died of disease at Andersonville, Georgia as Prisioner of War on May 29, 1864.
Twitchell, John W. Private 21 carpenter Chelsea Feb. 3, 1862 Feb. 3, 1862 Became a Prisioner of War on February 1, 1864 at Batchelder's Creek, North Carolina. Died of disease at Andersonville, Georgia as Prisioner of War on August 12, 1864.
COMPANY K ROSTER - 3 years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered            
               
Clapp, George I. Private 20 clerk Chelsea Jan. 4, 1864 Jan. 4, 1864 Mustered on July 20, 1865 as odf Company A.
Stratton, Joseph, Jr. Private 26 brass finisher Chelsea July 22, 1861 July 22, 1861 Discharged for disability on June 23, 1863 at Newbern, North Carolina.