| 1864/01/05 | 17th Regiment, Company A, mustered in. (Dyer) |
| 1864/02/10 | A commission as colonel, 17th Regiment, was issued to Francis V. Randall, but he could not muster until the regiment mustered in 10 companies. (Peck) |
| 1864/03/01 | 17th Regiment, Companies B, C and D, mustered in. (Dyer) |
| 1864/04/12 | 17th Regiment, Companies E, F and G, mustered in. (Dyer) |
| 1864/04/18 | 17th Regiment, Companies A through G, started for Alexandria, VA, arriving the 22nd. (Dyer) |
| 1864/05/25 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at North Anna, Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/05/31 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Tolopotomy, Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/06/03 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Bethesda Church, Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/06/17 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Petersburg, Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/07/30 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Petersburg Mine, Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/08/21 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Weldon Railroad, Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/09/30 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Poplar Spring Church, Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/10/27 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Hatcher's Run , Va. (Battles) |
| 1864/10/28 | 17th Regiment was engaged or present at Hatcher's Run, Va. (Battles) |
| 1865/02/27 | Surgeon Ptolemy Edson, 17th Regiment, resigned and 'took with him the love and and respect of every man in the regiment.' (Peck) |
| 1865/07/13 | 17th Regiment mustered out, having lost 14 Officers and 133 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 116 Enlisted men by disease. Total 264. (Dyer) |
| 1865/07/14 | Richard Ryan, Pvt, Co. H, 17th VVI, was dishonorably discharged (17th Infantry) |
