"Fearless Gaze and Steady Step"
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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James Wheaton Converse Jr., an 18-year-old sergeant in the 24th Massachusetts Infantry, distinguished himself in combat along the North Carolina coast in early 1862. Recognized by his superiors for gallantry, he went on to prove himself again in Louisiana. Here's the story.
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