92nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 92nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 4, 1862 to July 22, 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
The 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 92nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Rockford, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 4, 1862.
The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on July 22, 1863 and assigned to Brigadier General John T. Wilder's Lightning Brigade.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 1 officer and 51 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 127 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 181 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#92nd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel Smith D. Atkins - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/092-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
* [http://www.92ndillinoisinfantry.com 92nd Illinois Infantry homepage]
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
External links
* [http://www.92ndillinoisinfantry.com 92nd Illinois Infantry Homepage]
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