United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 17th (1812-1815)

In June 1812, Congress authorized the expansion of the army from 7 regular infantry regiments to 25. The 17th Infantry Regiment was the second Kentucky regiment, recruited and organized at Georgetown, Kentucky by Col. Samuel Wells. Colonel John Miller was in command of the 17th and 19th Infantry Regiments at Fort Meigs, a picketed encampment built on the Maumee, supported with blockhouses and artillery batteries, when the British attacked the fort in late April 1813. Captain Holt's company of the 17th was cited for service to the American artillery during the siege. Following victories on Lake Erie and at the Thames River the 17th was sent back to occupy Detroit with the bulk of the Northwest Army.