The 17th Indiana Infantry Regiment, also known as 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment, was an infantry and mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army from 1863 to 1865 during the Ameri
An 1862 Spencer Rifle with sling and bayonet. As part of the "Wilder Lightning Brigade" the 17th was among the first units fighting in the Civil War to receive the Spencer repeating rifle.
Springfield Model 1861, issued weapon
Spencer Rifle, issued weapon
Spencer seven-shot carbine, issued weapon
John T. Wilder
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John Thomas Wilder was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, noted principally for capturing the critical mountain pass of Hoover's Gap during the Tullahoma Campaign in Central T
17th Indiana Infantry Regiment
…Goshen, an 1852 graduate of West Point who had resigned his commission before the war and entered law and Indiana politics. The Lieutenant Colonel was John T. Wilder of Greensburg, and the major was George W. Gorman of Owensville. The Adjutant was Edward R. Kerstetter also of Goshen and the quartermaster was Winston…
John Thomas Wilder, c. 1861-65
Wilder Brigade Monument at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park