XVII Corps (Union Army)
Corps · United States · December 18, 1862 – August 1, 1865
McPherson's, then Blair's, corps of the Army of the Tennessee from Vicksburg to the Carolinas.
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Movements
Moved with Army of the Tennessee.
- December 5, 1862 – December 20, 1862 Grant's overland advance on Vicksburg reaches Oxford, Mississippi Map
- December 29, 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Sherman's assault at Chickasaw Bayou fails Map
- January 30, 1863 – March 29, 1863 Camps at Milliken's Bend and Young's Point opposite Vicksburg Map
- April 30, 1863 Crosses the Mississippi at Bruinsburg Map
- May 1, 1863 Battle of Port Gibson
- May 12, 1863 Battle of Raymond
- May 14, 1863 Takes Jackson, Mississippi Map
- May 14, 1863 Battle of Jackson
- May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion Hill Map
- May 18, 1863 – July 4, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg Map
- July 5, 1863 – September 27, 1863 Occupies Vicksburg; Sherman retakes Jackson Map
- October 20, 1863 Sherman's corps marches east across northern Alabama Map
- November 23, 1863 – November 25, 1863 Second Battle of Chattanooga Battles for Chattanooga Map
- December 15, 1863 – May 4, 1864 Winter quarters around Huntsville (approximate) Map
- May 14, 1864 Battle of Resaca Map
- June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Map
- July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta McPherson killed Map
- August 31, 1864 – September 1, 1864 Battle of Jonesborough Map
- November 15, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Leaves Atlanta on the March to the Sea Map
- November 22, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Milledgeville, the Georgia capital Map
- December 10, 1864 – December 21, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Siege and capture of Savannah Map
- December 15, 1864 – December 16, 1864 Battle of Nashville Map
- February 17, 1865 Columbia, South Carolina, burns Map
- March 19, 1865 – March 21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville Map
- April 26, 1865 Johnston surrenders at Bennett Place Map
- May 24, 1865 Grand Review of the Armies in Washington Map