Alanson Thomes

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Alanson Thomes was a 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company D.

Antebellum

War Career

  • Enlisted on April 21, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E
  • Corporal
  • Sergeant
  • 1st Sergeant
  • Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on October 15, 1861
  • Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on April 21, 1861[1]
  • Resigned on December 28, 1862

Postwar Career

Family

Notes

  1. There are a lot of ranks before this, not to mention he doesn't become a 2nd Lieutenant until October 15, 1861. Could the date of this promotion instead be April 21, 1862?

Sources

Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 359)