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17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
ActiveMarch 15, 1862 – July 14, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
RoleInfantry
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Irish Brigade
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
  • Siege of Corinth
  • Second Battle of Corinth
  • Vicksburg Campaign
    • Siege of Vicksburg
  • Atlanta Campaign
    • Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
    • Battle of Atlanta
  • Savannah Campaign
  • Carolinas Campaign
    • Battle of Rivers' Bridge
    • Battle of Bentonville
Commanders
ColonelJohn L. Doran
ColonelAdam Gale Malloy
Lt. Col.Thomas B. MacMahon
Lt. Col.Donald D. Scott
MajorPatrick H. McCauley

The 17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was popularly known as the Irish Brigade, due to its composition of mostly Irish American immigrants.[1]

  1. ^ "The Seventeenth Regiment or the Irish Brigade". The Daily Milwaukee News. November 20, 1861. p. 4. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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