Service
The 98th Illinois Infantry was organized at Centralia, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1862.
The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on March 8, 1863. An element of "Wilder's Mounted Infantry."
The regiment was mustered out on June 27, 1865 and discharged at Springfield, Illinois on July 7, 1865.
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