| Listed below are the 45 military actions of the 17th Missouri
Volunteers., which belongs to the Light German Brigade in the course of the Civil War. Attached,
Army of the West
Oct 1861 - Jan 1862
Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo
Oct15 - Nov18, 1861
Second Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri
Jan 1862 - March 1862
Advance on Springfield, Mo
Feb 2 - 24, 1862
Pursuit of Price into Arkansas
Feb 14 - 28, 1862
Battle, Pea Ridge, Ark
March 6 - 8 1862
First Brigade, First Division, Army of Southwest Missouri
March 1862 - May 1862
March to Batesville, Ark
April 5 - May 3 1862
Skirmish, Searcy Landing, Ark
May 19, 1862
Third Division, Army of Southwest Missouri
May 1862 - July 1862
March to Helena, Ark
May 27 - July 14 1862
Attached, later First Brigade, First Division, District of Eastern Arkansas,
Department of Missouri
July 1862 - Nov 1862
Expedition from Helena to the Mouth of the White River, Ark
Aug 5 - 8, 1862
Movement to Ironton and Pilot Knob, Mo
Sept 1, 1862
Expedition to St Genevieve, Mo
Nov 12, 1862
Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Yazoo Expeditionary Corps
Dec 1862 - Jan 1863
Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, Miss
Dec 22, 1862 - Jan 3,1863
Engagement, Chickasaw Bayou, Miss
Dec 26 - 28 1862
Engagement, Chickasaw Bluff, Miss
Dec 29, 1862
Second brigade, First Division, XV Corps Army of the Tennessee
Jan 1863 - Sept 1863
Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark
Jan 3 - 10 1863
Assault and Capture, Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark
Jan 10 - 11, 1863
Movement to Young's Point, La
Jan 17 - 23, 1863
Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou, and Deer Creek, Miss
April 2 - 14 1863
Demonstration on Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs, Miss
April 29 - May 2, 1863
Movement to Vicksburg, Miss by way of Richmond, La, and Grand Gulf, Miss
May 2 - 14, 1863
Skirmish, Mississippi Springs, Miss
May 12 - 13, 1863
Engagement, Jackson, Miss
May 14, 1863
Siege, Vicksburg, Miss
May 18 - July 4 1863
Assault, Vicksburg, Miss
May 19, 1863
Assault, Vicksburg, Miss
May 22, 1863
Surrender, Vicksburg, Miss
July 4, 1863
Advance on Jackson, Miss
July 5 - 10, l863
Siege, Jackson, Miss
July 10 - 17, l863
Skirmish, Bolton's Depot, Miss
July 16 1863
Skirmish Briar Creek near Canton, Miss
July 17, 1863
Skirmish, Canton, Miss
July 18, 1863
First brigade, First Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee
Sept 1863 - Dec 1863
Movement to Chattanooga, Tenn
Sept 27 - Nov 21,1863
Operations on the Memphis & Charleston R R, Ala
Oct 20 - 29 1863
Action, Cherokee Station, Ala
Oct 21, 1863
Skirmish, Cane Creek, Ala
Oct 26, 1863
Skirmish, Cherokee Station, Ala
Oct 29, 1863
Engagement, Tuscumbia, Ala
Oct 29-30, 1863
Campaign, Chattanooga, Tenn, and Ringgold, Ga
Nov 23 - 27 1863
Engagement, Lookout Mountain, Tenn
Nov 23 - 24, 1863
Assault and Capture, Missionary Ridge, Tenn
Nov 25, 1863
Engagement, Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, Ga
Nov 27, 1863
March to the relief of Knoxville, Tenn
Nov 28 - Dec 8 1863
Third Brigade, First Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee
Dec 1863 - Dec 1864
Atlanta Campaign
May l - Sept 8 1864
Demonstration on Resaca, Ga
May 14 - 19 1864
Advance on Dallas, Ga
May 18 - 25 1864
Operations o the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church,
and Allatoona' Hills, Ga
May 25 - June 5 1864
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain, Ga
June 12 - July 2 1864
Combats about Nickajack Creek, Ga
July 2 - 5, 1865
Operations on line of Nickajack Creek, Ga
July 2 - 5, 1864
Operations on the line of the Chattahoochee River, Ga
July 5 - 17 1864
Battle, Atlanta, Ga
July 22, 1864
Siege, Atlanta, Ga
July 23 - Aug 25 1864
Battle, Ezra's Chapel, Ga
July 28, 1864
Flank Movement on Jonesborough, Ga
Aug 25 - 30 1864
Battle, Jonesborough, Ga
Aug 31 - Sept 1 1864
Engagement, Lovejoy Station, Ga
Sept 2 - 5 1865
Expiry of enlistment of most veterans of the Light German Brigade; remaining men (56 of
3rd Mo, 1 of 12th Mo and 32 of 17th Mo) form Lademann's Detachment (Comm'd by Capt. O. C.
Lademannn of 3rd Mo). Detachment was transferred to 15th Missouri Volunteers ('Swiss
Rifles', raised in Illinois).
In September, 1864
Operations against Hood in Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama
Sept 29 - Nov 3 1864
Sherman's Campaign against Savannah, Ga (March to the Sea)
Nov 15 - Dec 10 1864
Army of the Cumberland
15th Missouri Volunteers (incl. Lademann's Detachment) assigned to,
(Mid-)December, 1864 (soon after the fall of Savannah)
Pursuit of Hood and Battle of Knoxville
Beginn 1865
15th Missouri Volunteers mustered out of Federal service
Dec 25, 1865.
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