May 17, 1862

Robert Whitney, 4th Regiment, was sent to Carver Hospital, DC, suffering from chronic diarrhea (biography)

May 17, 1862

USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured the sloop Poody off Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. (ORN)

May 17, 1863

Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)

May 17, 1864

William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)

May 17, 1865

Colonel Holbrook, 7th Regiment, reported on the siege of Spanish Fort, near Mobile, AL (Reports)