- 92nd Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates=July 22 ,1863 toJuly 10 ,1865
country=United States
allegiance= Union
branch=Mounted Infantry
equipment=Spencer carbine The 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry was a
mounted infantry regiment that served in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War .ervice
The 92nd Illinois Infantry converted to mounted infantry on
July 22 ,1863 and rearmed withSpencer carbine s. It then served as a part ofBrigadier General John T. Wilder 'sLightning Brigade .The regiment was mustered out at
Concord, North Carolina onJune 21 ,1865 and discharged atChicago, Illinois onJuly 10 ,1865 . The regiment's recruits were transferred to the65th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on that date.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. [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
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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
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List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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