17th Michigan Volunteer Infant

<i>(Front):</i><br><center>17th Michigan<br>Volunteer Infantry Regiment<br>9th Corps<br>3rd Division<br>1st Brigade<br><br>Michigan units on the field<br>in the 9th Corps<br>17th Michigan Vol. Infantry<br>20th Michigan Vol. Infantry<br>8th Michigan Vol. Infantry<br>27th Michigan Vol. Infantry<br>2nd Michigan Vol. Infantry<br>1st Michigan Sharpshooters<br><br>Losses for the 17th Michigan<br>On May 12, 1864<br>26 killed<br>70 wounded<br>100 missing or captured</center><br><br><i>(Back):</i><br>At 2 p.m., May 12th, two Ninth Corps brigades were ordered to attack the Confederate works one-quarter mile southeast of this spot. The 17th Michigan was on the extreme left of the Federal line. As the regiment approached its objective, Brig. Gen. James Lane's North Carolina Brigade emerged from the thick woods and struck it on the left flank in the bloody hand-to-hand fighting that followed, the 17th Michigan lots its national colors and 189 of the 225 men it carried into battle. Three soldiers later received the Medal of Honor for their brave but unsuccessful efforts to save the colors.