At the 122nd Illinois Infantry Regiment continued on duty at Trenton till November 12, 1862, when Colonel George W. Deitzler was ordered to take the right wing of the Regiment and proceed to Humboldt, Tennessee and take command of the post and troops there, while the remainder of the Regiment was left under command of Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Drish.,
The Regiment continued on duty at Trenton till 12 November 1862, when Colonel Rinaker was ordered to take the right wing of the Regiment, companies A, D, and F, and proceed to Humboldt, Tennessee, and relieve the Eighty-first Illinois Infantry, and to take command of the post and troops remaining there, consisting of four companies: Fifty-fourth Illinois Infantry, a part of Fourth Illinois Cavalry, Seventh Wisconsin Battery. 
