102nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 102nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 102nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Knoxville , Illinois and mustered in for three years service on September 1 , 1862 . The regiment was attached to Ward ' s Brigade , Dumont ' s 12th Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . Ward ' s Brigade , Post of Gallatin , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Reserve Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to August 1863 . Ward ' s Brigade , Post of Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to January 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to April , 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland , and Army of Georgia , to June , 1865 . The 102nd Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on June 6 , 1865 and discharged at Chicago , Illinois on June 14 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Peoria , Ill . , September 22 , thence to Louisville , Ky . , October 1 . March in pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky October 1 – 16 , 1862 . March to Gallatin , Tenn . , via Frankfort , Bowling Green and Scottsville October 16 - November 26 . Duty at Gallatin until June 6 , 1868 . Action at Woodbury April 27 , 1863 . Moved to Lavergne , Tenn . , and on railroad guard duty at Lavergne and Stewart ' s Creek until February 1864 . ( 5 companies mounted August 1863 . ) Moved to Wauhatchie Valley , Tenn . , February 25 , 1864 . Scout from Lookout Valley to Deer Head Cove , Ga . , March 29 – 31 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Movement on Dalton May 5 – 8 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . New Hope Church May 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26 - June 5 . Big Shanty June 1 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26 - September 2 . Occupation of Atlanta September 2 - November 15 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Occupation of Milledgeville November 22 . Ogeechee River November 29 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Occupation of Hardeeville January 3 , 1865 . Occupation of Lawtonville , S . C . , February 2 . Rockingham , N . C . , March 7 . Fayetteville , N . C . , March 11 . Averysboro , Taylor ' s Hole Creek , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Moccasin Creek March 24 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . . April 30 - May 19 . Grand Review May 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 119 men during service ; 51 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 68 enlisted men died of disease .