North Carolina 17th Infantry, Company I (Confederate)

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Company mustered in on April 18th, 1861.

Company was also known as:

• Company I, 7th Volunteers

Notable Battles:

• Roanoke Island fought on February 8th, 1862 near Roanoke Island, North Carolina (0 wounded, 0 died, 72 imprisoned)
• Gaines' Mill fought on June 27th, 1862 near Hanover County, Virginia
• Antietam fought on September 17th, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland
• Chancellorsville fought on April 30th, 1863 - May 6th, 1863 near Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Gettysburg fought on July 1st, 1863 - July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Plymouth fought on April 17th, 1864 near Washington, North Carolina
• Wilderness fought on May 5th, 1864 - May 7th, 1864 near Spotslyvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
• Second Petersburg fought on June 18th, 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia (3 wounded, 0 died, 1 imprisoned)
• Wyse Fork fought on March 10th, 1865 near Kinston;Wise's Forks, North Carolina;Kinston, North Carolina (0 wounded, 0 died, 11 imprisoned)

Facts about this Company:

• Number of Soldiers: 303
• First Enlistment Place: Edgecombe County, North Carolina
• First Enlistment Date: 1861-04-18 (2 soldiers)
• Most Common Enlistment Place: Edgecombe County, North Carolina (88 soldiers)
• Most Common Enlistment Date: 1861-05-08 (69 soldiers)
• Most Common Muster Out Date: 1863-05-01 (16 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1861: Martin County, North Carolina (10 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1862: Edgecombe County, North Carolina (19 soldiers)
• Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 16 -- Scott, Franklin
• Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 48 -- Sutton, Ed B.
• Average Age at Enlistment: 24.8 years old
• Median Age at Enlistment: 23.0 years old
• Wounded In Regiment: 17 (5%)
• Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 104 (32%)
• Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 33 (10%)
• Soldiers That Died While In War: 35 (10%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• (#First Sergeant, May 1861 - ?)
• Armstrong, James G. (Assistant Surgeon, August 1862 - ?)
• Arpe, George L (#Quartermaster Sergeant, May 1861 - September 1862)
• Arrington, James G. (Assistant Surgeon, April 1862 - February 1865)
• Austin, William H. (Quatermaster Sergeant/Quartermaster Sergeant, December 1863 - September 1864)
• Brennan, William (#Third Lieutenant, October 1861 - 1863; Second Lieutenant/Brevet Second Lieutenant, 1863 - ?)
• Brewer, Robert C. (Corporal, September 1864 - ?)
• Cherry, John K. (Sergeant, March 1862 - March 1863)
• Cherry, John L. (#^Sergeant, March 1862 - April 1862; Sergeant, November 1862 - March 1863)
• Cherry, Thomas F. (First Sergeant, ? - April 1861; Corporal, April 1861 - November 1861)
• Cherry, Thomas F. (Corporal/First Sergeant, March 1862 - May 1862)
• Cutchen, Green J. L. (Second Lieutenant/First Lieutenant, April 1861 - November 1861)
• Cutchin, James Mc (Sergeant, March 1862 - July 1862; First Sergeant, July 1862 - August 1862; Third Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, August 1862 - April 1865)
• Cutchin, John A. (Corporal, March 1862 - September 1862; Sergeant, September 1862 - October 1864; Sergeant Major, October 1864 - ?)
• Dancy, Jno S (Captain/Quartermaster, May 1864 - September 1864)
• Elliott, Calvin (#Corporal, May 1861 - ?)
• Elliott, Charles G. (#First Sergeant/Second Lieutenant/Sergeant, May 1861 - May 1863)
• Felton, Noah (#%Corporal/Sergeant, May 1861 - May 1863)
• Foster, Augustus M. (#Corporal, May 1861 - May 1863)
• Gilliam, Thomas H. (#Third Lieutenant, May 1861 - November 1861; Adjutant, November 1861 - January 1862; Second Lieutenant/Captain, January 1862 - May 1863)
• Harrell, Samuel A. (#Corporal, May 1861 - November 1861; Sergeant, November 1861 - March 1863)
• Hicks, William (First Sergeant/Second Lieutenant, May 1862 - May 1862)
• Hines, Jesse M. (Corporal, January 1863 - October 1864)
• Howell, Brinkley G (Corporal, May 1864 - ?)
• Jacocks, John H (#Sergeant, September 1861 - May 1863)
• Jenkins, James P. (Corporal, April 1862 - August 1862; Second Lieutenant, August 1862 - November 1862; First Lieutenant, November 1862 - ?)
• Johnston, Lucius J (#Captain/Major, May 1861 - May 1864; Major/Captain, May 1864 - ?)
• King, Charles R. (Corporal, March 1862 - January 1863; Sergeant, January 1863 - ?)
• King, Charles R. (Sergeant, ? - April 1861)
• Lamb, Wilson G. (^Sergeant Major, May 1862 - November 1863; Third Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, November 1863 - April 1865)
• Leigh, Richard H. (#First Sergeant/Sergeant/Second Lieutenant, May 1861 - May 1863)
• Long, William R. (Second Lieutenant, April 1861 - November 1861)
• Mardre, Wilson L. (#Corporal/First Lieutenant, May 1861 - May 1863)
• McCabe, Joseph T. (Musician/Drummer, April 1861 - ?)
• McDowell, William (Sergeant, April 1862 - ?)
• McDowell, William Wallis (Captain, April 1861 - November 1861)
• McMullen, W T (#Corporal, December 1862 - July 1863; Second Lieutenant, July 1863 - October 1863)
• Overman, Benj F (#Second Lieutenant, March 1863 - ?)
• Overton, John R (#Sergeant, March 1862 - February 1864; Corporal, February 1864 - September 1864; Sergeant, September 1864 - ?)
• Overton, William Cooper (Sergeant, August 1862 - December 1862)
• Parker, Joseph H. (Corporal, April 1862 - June 1862)
• Perry, D. (#Corporal, May 1861 - October 1861; Brevet Second Lieutenant, October 1861 - May 1863)
• Petway, Pleasant S. (Junior Second Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, April 1862 - July 1862)
• Picard, Frank (#Musician, October 1861 - May 1863)
• Pittman, Flavius Cicero (Musician, November 1863 - ?)
• Powell, William H. (^Second Lieutenant, April 1862 - April 1862; First Lieutenant, May 1862 - September 1862; Corporal, September 1862 - November 1862; Captain, November 1862 - ?)
• Price, James J. (Sergeant, November 1861 - November 1861; Corporal, November 1861 - April 1862; Sergeant, May 1862 - December 1862)
• Savage, James Mc. (Corporal, April 1861 - November 1861; Corporal, January 1863 - December 1863)
• Shannonhouse, B J (Second Lieutenant, May 1861 - October 1861)
• Skinner, James M. (#Corporal, May 1861 - ?)
• Speight, Uirah W (#Sergeant, May 1861 - ?)
• Stokes, William F. (Sergeant, May 1861 - December 1861; Comm Sergeant/Sergeant, December 1861 - ?)
• Thorne, Jesse A.B. (Corporal, May 1862 - January 1863; Sergeant, January 1863 - June 1864; Second Lieutenant, June 1864 - ?)
• Welsh, P H (#Musician, May 1861 - May 1863)
• Whitehead, A M J (First Lieutenant, April 1862 - May 1862; Captain, May 1862 - November 1862)
• Wiggins, James W. (#Third Lieutenant, December 1862 - June 1864)
• Williams, David L. (#Sergeant/First Sergeant, May 1861 - March 1862)
• Williams, James Haywood (#Corporal, September 1862 - January 1863; Corporal, January 1863 - May 1864)
• Williford, Josephus (Sergeant, May 1861 - November 1861)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• Andrews, George H (#)
• Arrington, Alfred W.
• Arrington, Benjamin R (#)
• Bagley, Doctrine F.
• Bagley, Quintern H. (#)
• Bagley, Thomas C. (#)
• Bagley, W A
• Baker, George
• Barfield, Horace E (#)
• Barker, A J
• Barnes, F M
• Barnes, George W. (%)
• Bass, Bisco
• Bass, Robert John
• Bass, Robert John
• Battle, Jesse A.
• Bell, Caleb D. (%)
• Best, Joseph
• Best, Thomas
• Best, Thomas
• Bogue, Joshua L. (#)
• Bradley, Cornelius
• Bradley, Ezra
• Branch, John R. (#)
• Braswell, Baker W.
• Braswell, John D.
• Bridgers, James W.
• Briggs, Jeremiah (#)
• Brown, Baker S. (^%)
• Brown, J S
• Bullock, Lorenzo D
• Bundy, William M. (#)
• Bustin, W D
• Cain, James A. (%)
• Cain, Joseph G (#)
• Carson, Thomas M (%)
• Caruthers, Henry
• Causey, Frank (#)
• Chambers, W H
• Chapel, J J (%)
• Chappell, Benjamin (#)
• Cobb, James A. (#)
• Cobb, William T.
• Council, James Redmond
• Crech, W.
• Curtis, Isaac D. (#)
• Curtis, Jesse D (#)
• Curtis, William R. (#)
• Cutchin, Green
• Daughtridge, R H
• Davenport, Theo
• Davis, John S. (#)
• Davis, Miles (#)
• Dicken, Joseph L. (#)
• Draughon, James Wells
• Draughon, John
• Dunn, Benjamin F M (%)
• Eason, Whitnel (#)
• Edmondson, John (%)
• Ellinor, L J
• Elliott, William Harrison (#)
• Etheridge, William J
• Evans, Aaron L. (%)
• Evans, John R. (#)
• Everett, Exum (%)
• Felton, Job
• Felton, William H. (#%)
• Flemings, William (^%)
• Forbes, Samuel T (#)
• Friar, J L (#)
• Garret, Alfred
• Gay, David B.
• Gay, James R. (%)
• Gerald, Charles
• Godfrey, Edmund (#)
• Gorham, Henry Wise
• Gorham, William T (#)
• Gray, George W. (#)
• Gray, Williams (#^)
• Gregory, Samuel
• Gregory, William (#)
• Griffin, John L. (#%)
• Griffin, Simon B.
• Griffith, Matt G (#)
• Hagans, Jesse K
• Hagans, Randall
• Hall, William T. (#)
• Harrell, Amos
• Harrell, David A.
• Harrell, Elisha
• Harrell, William E.
• Harris, J
• Harrold, R R (#^)
• Haskett, George W. (#)
• Hatfield, George (#)
• Hayens, B.
• Hearn, Wyatt M. (%)
• Hendrix, John S. (%)
• Hobbs, Quintern H. (#)
• Hoovel, L.
• Howell, Eli
• Howell, Eli
• Hudgins, George W.
• Hudgins, George W.
• Jackson, Thomas
• Jenkins, Charles H.
• Johnston, Robert D.
• Joliff, J R
• Jones, Elisha C (#%)
• Jones, Gray (^)
• Jones, Wilson
• King, Robert H.
• Kirby, James F. (#%)
• Kirby, William H (#%)
• Lancaster, B J
• Lancaster, David W
• Lane, George W. (#)
• Lane, Joshua
• Laughinghouse, Wyatt L (#)
• Leggett, D A (^)
• Leggett, David Adolphus
• Leggett, William A (#)
• Leggett, William W (#)
• Leyden, Joseph F. (#)
• Long, W R
• Maner, N C (%)
• Mariner, Thomas L. (%)
• Marshall, John T.
• McDowell, Elisha C
• McDowell, Elisha C.
• McGuigan, Robert W
• McMillan, William T
• Mercer, Jesse
• Moore, Spencer
• Morgan, John N. (#)
• Mosely, Amariah
• Mosely, James
• Overman, John R (%)
• Overton, Stanly
• Parker, James H. (#)
• Parrish, Charlton (#)
• Pender, Littleton
• Perry, Elisha R. (#)
• Phillips, William H (%)
• Piner, Isaac L
• Pitt, Etheldred (%)
• Pittman, B S
• Pittman, James W.
• Poiner, Eliza D
• Potter, John (^)
• Potter, Richard (#)
• Price, Amos
• Price, John H.
• Price, Joseph John
• Procise, John
• Proctor, Bennett
• Proctor, Whitmel
• Pugh, Peter H (#)
• Purvis, A J (^)
• Purvis, Reuben T (%)
• Rawlings, Jesse (#)
• Rawlings, William A. (#)
• Redmond, William (#)
• Reed, Hill J. (#)
• Reed, J H (#)
• Reynolds, Henry
• Robbins, James R.
• Robbins, McD
• Rogers, J H (%)
• Roper, Henry A.
• Roper, John (#)
• Rose, William H.
• Ruffin, Gray
• Ruffin, Robert R. (#)
• Ruffin, William H. (%)
• Saunders, John (#)
• Savage, William W (#^)
• Scaff, John (#)
• Scott, Franklin
• Sessims, W T
• Shirley, James R.
• Skinner, John S. (%)
• Small, Charles E. (#)
• Small, Charles W. (#)
• Small, Charles W. (#)
• Smith, Nathan (#)
• Sparks, A J
• Stallings, Perry
• Stanton, Augustus (#)
• Stephens, Enoch M. (#)
• Stewart, John T.
• Stokes, Henry C. (#)
• Sumberland, David
• Sumberlin, Eli
• Sutton, Andrew J.
• Sutton, Ed B. (#)
• Swain, Peter
• Swain, Peter
• Taylor, Allen C. (^)
• Taylor, Calvin W
• Taylor, Jesse J.
• Taylor, John F.
• Taylor, McG.
• Taylor, Thomas B
• Thorn, Dempsey
• Toms, Nathan
• Toms, Zachariah (#)
• Tonnoffski, George L. (#)
• Tyson, Anderson (#)
• Varnal, Kinchen (^%)
• Vick, James L. (%)
• Walston, J B H
• Walston, Robert
• Walston, Turner (%)
• Ward, James L.
• Warren, Henry W
• Webb, Elbert
• Webb, John R. (^%)
• Webb, Willie
• Weeks, George W. (#)
• Weeks, Silas
• Wescott, S P
• West, John (#)
• White, James A.
• White, Jesse D.
• White, Joseph Henry (#)
• White, William T.
• Whitehead, Exum
• Whitehead, J W (^)
• Whitehead, Jeremiah
• Whitehead, John F. (#)
• Whitehead, Turner (#)
• Whitehead, William (%)
• Whitehead, Winfield
• Whitehurst, James W.
• Wiggins, John Lawrence
• Wiggins, William W.
• Williams, James Haywood
• Williams, James W. (#)
• Williams, William H.
• Williford, Andrew J
• Williford, B L (#)
• Womble, Benjamin F (^)