Lineage
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry
- Organized 6 July 1861 at Fort Preble, Maine
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 December 1866 as the 17th Infantry
- Consolidated 1 June 1869 with the 44th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and consolidated unit designated as the 17th Infantry
- Assigned 5 July 1918 to the 11th Division
- (2d and 3d Battalions inactivated 1 October 1921 at Fort McIntosh, Texas; activated 24 June 1922 at Fort Crook, Nebraska)
- Relieved 24 March 1923 from assignment to the 11th Division and assigned to the 7th Division
- Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the 6th Division
- (2d Battalion inactivated 31 October 1929 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa)
- Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division)
- (2d Battalion activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Ord, California)
- Relieved 1 July 1957 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- (4th Battalion activated 1984)
- Withdrawn 16 November 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- (4th Battalion inactivated 1993)
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 17th Infantry Regiment
- (4th Battalion activated in Jan 2011 at Fort Bliss TX under 1st Brigade 1st Armored Division)
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Till sun is powerless to decoy
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