The following counties of origin are taken from the Adjutant General's Report, found on the Illinois Civil War Rosters web site.

[4]The next day it departed, with orders to report to Gen. Wright, at Cincinnati, where it was assigned to Cochran's brigade, Gen. Baird's division, Army of Kentucky.

In mid-November, a slave owner named William Hickman sued Atkins in the Fayette Circuit Court to get his "property" back.

Several officers of the brigade also signed a letter to Atkins requesting that he return the slaves to prevent further embarrassment of the army and " wounding the feelings of men who are unswerving in their loyalty and patriotism ... we expect you to turn them out of your lines.

As they converted to mounted infantry under the guidance of Wilder and others in the brigade,[17] they took to the Spencer finding it a superior weapon that permitted them to take on an enemy that outnumbered them with confidence.

[18] COL Atkins expressed their appreciation for their new weapon saying, "The Spencer rifles made the sweetest music that was heard during the war for the Union.

Rosecrans sent the brigade to General Crittenden's XXI Corps to conduct deception operations along the bank north of the Tennessee River at Chattanooga.

[22] Wilder's brigade moved out from its headquarters on 16 August, ascending the Plateau and camping that night at Sewanee,Tennessee near the University of the South.

[23] The 92nd and its companions quickly worked their way towards the Tennessee River, through Dunlap, reaching Poe's Tavern,[24] to the northeast of Chattanoogas Ridge on August 20.

The steep slopes of the Cumberland Plateau and Walden's Ridge were difficult terrain, and there was a dearth of forage, but the two brigades still made good time in their advance.

The 92nd and its brigade mates covered southern side, from city to Sale Creek, and Minty's men from there north to the mouth of the Hiawassee River.

After securing the ferry and destroying the lone rebel gun on the south side, they began trying to keep the Confederates on the opposite bank distracted.

[26] The deception operation included the 92nd and its compatriots faking boat construction by hammering, sawing, and tossing bits of lumber into the river at Harrison's Landing so that it would float downstream to Chattanooga.

In the midst of this operation, Bragg had already decided to abandon Chattanooga (Rosecran's goal) and was planning to withdraw to a more defensible position further south.

Meanwhile, on the morning of September 5, the rest of the brigade were themselves tricked when Bragg's forces faked preparations to cross the river to the north side to attack.

[31] While Wilder and the other brigade commanders knew by the end of the day that it was a ruse, the reports sent to Rosecrans deceived him into believing Bragg was fleeing in chaos to Dalton or Rome, Georgia.

[32] On September 9, the brigade received orders to cross the river at Friar's Island, two miles downstream from Harrison's Landing, and enter Chattanooga.

[34] Since he did not know how close Bragg was, Rosecrans riskily split his army into their corps to quickly move from the river across the mountains south of the Tennessee through several passes.

As the brigade prepared for an attack, skirmishers of the 8th Kentucky and 51st Ohio of Brigadier General Horatio Van Cleve's division of Crittenden's corps joined the fight, forcing Scott to pull back to Ringgold, leaving thirteen Confederate dead.

One wrote that the men of the 92nd lacked "the pride of Indianans" and had to be pulled from their place in column due to their incompetence dealing with guerrillas on the Cumberland Plateau.

[38] This criticism, along with Atkins' prior difficulties with the chain of command, is also significant in light of the missions assigned to the 92nd for it would be detached from the brigade three times in the next thirty days.

[43][44] The 92nd, with their superior firepower, successfully stopped the Confederates King's brigade had already fallen back, and had taken many of the 92nd's horses in their flight up Dyer Road.

Atkins could not find General Reynolds, so he withdrew his men and their remaining horses from the field and moved to link up with Wilder and the rest of the brigade.

[43][45] In their action at the Brotherton Field, Atkins and his men stopped the Rebels but lost twenty-five killed and wounded in addition to losing one of the howitzers.

During the night, Major General Alexander McCook, commanding XX Corp, ordered Wilder to line a hill a half mile northwest.

The hill, running north to south was only a few hundred yards from Rosecrans's headquarters at the Widow Glenn's house, and about a half mile from the Viniard Farm where the brigade fought the day before.

[46]The 92nd eventually caught up with the brigade on Dry Valley Road[46] where they were consolidating and trying to gather enough horses for the 72nd Indiana to replace those killed or taken by Rebel cavalry, or appropriated by fleeing infantry.

On October 1, the regiment moved from Mount Gilead Church, west of Atlanta, and took an active part in the operations against Hood's army.

November 4, 1864, Kilpatrick's division was re-organized, and the Ninety-second assigned to Atkins' Brigade, and participated in all the cavalry battles on the march through Georgia, and in the capture of Savannah.

She mended clothing, wrote letters, and worked with physicians and hospital stewards to care for soldiers with typhoid fever, malaria, and other medical issues.