Military unit
The 17th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service.
The 17th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at Wheeling in West Virginia between 26 September 1864 and 25 February 1865, and was mustered out on 30 June 1865.
Casualties.
The 17th West Virginia Infantry Regiment suffered one enlisted men killed or mortally wounded in battle and 24 enlisted men dead from disease for a total of 25 fatalities.
President Joseph Robinette Biden's great-grandfather, Pvt. George Hamilton Robinette, served in the Regiment in 1864 and 1865.