92nd Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment The 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry was a mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 92nd Regiment Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized at Rockford , Illinois , and mustered into the United States service September 4 , 1862 . It was composed of five companies from Ogle County , three from Stephenson County , and two from Carroll County . The regiment left Rockford , October 11 , 1862 , with orders to report to Gen . Wright , at Cincinnati , where it was assigned to Gen . Baird ' s Division . Army of Kentucky . It marched immediately into the interior of the State , and during the latter part of October was stationed at Mt . Sterling , to guard that place against rebel raids , and afterward at Danville , Kentucky . On the 26th of January , 1863 , the regiment , with Gen . Baird ' s Division , was ordered to the Army of the Cumberland . Arriving at Nashville , the command moved to Franklin , Tennessee , and was engaged in the pursuit of the rebel Gen . Van Dorn . Advanced to Murfreesboro , and occupied Shelbyville , June 27 . On July 5 , the regiment was engaged in rebuilding a wagon - bridge over Duck River . The 92nd Illinois Infantry converted to mounted infantry on July 22 , 1863 and rearmed with Spencer carbine s . It then served as a part of Brigadier General John T . Wilder ' s Lightning Brigade . where it remained while Gen . Rosecrans had command . The regiment crossed the mountains at Dechard , Tennessee , and took part in the movements opposite and above Chattanooga , when it recrossed the mountains and joined Gen . Thomas at Trenton , Alabama . On the morning of the 9th of September , it was in the advance to Chattanooga , and participated in driving the rebels from Point Lookout , and entered the rebel stronghold , unfolding the Union banner on the Crutchfield House , and kept in pursuit of the rebels . At Ringgold , Georgia , it was attacked by a brigade of cavalry , under command of Gen . Forrest , and drove them from the town , killing and wounding a large number . During the Chickamauga battle , the regiment took part in Gen . Reynolds ' Division of Gen . Thomas " Corps . In April , 1864 , it was again at Ringgold , Georgia , doing picket duty . April 23 , Capt . Scovil , with twenty - one men , was captured at Nickajack Gap , nine miles from Ringgold , and one man killed . Of the men thus taken prisoners , twelve were shot down , and six died of wounds , after being taken prisoners . The remainder were taken to Andersonville ; and very few ever left that place , having died from the cruel treatment received there . From Ringgold , May 7 , 1864 the regiment entered upon the Atlanta campaign and was assigned to Gen . Kilpatrick ' s command , and participated in the battles of Resaca , raid around Atlanta , Bethesda , Fleet River Bridge , and Jonesboro . The regiment lost , at Jonesboro , one - fifth of the men engaged . From Mount Gilead Church , west of Atlanta , October 1 , the regiment moved , and took an active part in the operations against Hood ' s army . At Powder Springs it had a severe engagement , losing a large number of men , killed and wounded . The regiment then returned to Marietta , and participated in the various engagements and skirmishes in Sherman ' s march to the sea . At Swift Creek , North Carolina , Capt . Hawk , of Co . C , was severely wounded , losing a leg . The regiment , during its term of service , was in some forty battles and skirmishes . The regiment was mustered out at Concord , North Carolina on June 21 , 1865 and discharged at Chicago , Illinois on July 10 , 1865 . The regiment ' s recruits were transferred to the 65th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on that date . ( 3 ) Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered casualties of 1 officer and 51 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds , and 2 officers and 127 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 181 fatalities . Notes . 3 . http : / / www . archive . org / details / historyofstephen00west History of Stephenson County , Illinois by W . H . Tilden . Chicago : Western Historical Society , 1880 . Page 885 - 886 . Internet Archive , eBooks and Public Archive , Allen Public Library , Fort Wayne , Indiana .