James L. Converse

James L. Converse was a 1st Lieutenant in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G.

War Career

• Enlisted on May 15, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G
• Sergeant
• 1st Sergeant
• Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on October 23, 1862
• Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on December 15, 1862
• Killed in action on May 5, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness

Sources

• Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 23)
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 520)