17th PA Cavalry Co. E

Interesting facts about the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry 162 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
In July, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln called for 3 Regiments of Cavalry from Pennsylvania & the 17th Pa was one of them. By Nov,1862 the Unit was mustered, commanded by Col Josiah Kellogg ( a Mexican War Veteran ) and drilling near Washington City.
The majority of the members of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry hailed from central Pa ( Co E from Lebanon) and yet Co L was from Montgomery & Chester Counties and there were boys in Co I from Philadelphia Pa.	pvt Jeremiah Royer Co. L.
17^th Pennsylvania Cavalry was involved in skirmishes too numerous to list in this piece. The boys did however participate in many of our American Civil War's major campaigns, ie; Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Kilpatrick's Raid, Wilderness, Sheridan's Raid/Yellow Tavern, Sheridan's Trevillian Raid/Trevillian Station, Shenandoah Valley & Appomattox Campaigns. The Unit lost 6 Officers & 98 enlisted men to battle wounds & 128 more to disease for a total of 232 men. The 17th served long, hard & participated in the Grand Review in Washington City on May 23, 1865. They were ( those who had not finished out their terms of service) eventually combined with the 2nd & 6th Pa & formed the 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry and finally mustered out on Aug. 7, 1865.

Other information about the 17^th Pa. on the Web

Field and Staff Officers*

Unassigned Men*

Information by Company

Company A (Beaver county)	.	(roster)*	.
Company B (Susquehanna)	.	(roster)*	.
Company C (Lancaster)	.	(roster)*	.
Company D (Bradford)	.	(roster)*	.
Company E (Lebanon)	(history)	(roster)	(living history)
Company F (Cumberland)	.	(roster)*	(living history)
Company G (Franklin)	.	(roster)*	.
Company H (Schuylkill)	.	(roster)*	.
Company I (Perry, Philadelphia)	.	(roster)*	(living history)
Company K (Luzerne)	.	(roster)*	.
Company L (Montgomery, Chester)	.	(roster)*	.
Company M (Wayne)	.	(roster)*	.

*From PA-Root.com
An on-line resources for Pennsylvania Genealogy.

Information about Individuals

Urias R. Reinhold 1st Lieutenant (17th E)

Letters of Peter Boyer (17th C)

EXPERIENCE OF PRIVATE A. SHOCKEY
Of Company G, 17th Pa Cavalry

HENRY G. BONEBRAKE
Company G, 17th Pa Cavalry
Medal of Honor

Sgt MARTIN SHAFFNER
Company E, 17th Pa Cavalry
Casualty of War

GENERAL JOHN BUFORD'S CAVALRY
in the GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN
A very informative site with some good info on the 17th Pa
and the cavalry in general including:

17th Pennsylvania History

The 17th PA Gettysburg Monument
and
Farewell letter from General Thomas C. Devin to
the soldiers of the 17th PA Cavalry

The Union Cavalryman in the Civil War

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Information about the 17^th Pa. Cavalry on this site
History	Engagements	Photographs
	17th PA Monument

Information About Cavalry and the American Civil War
About The Horse	Quartermaster	Civil War Links