James McGeorge was living in Prescott (Pierce County), Wisconsin when he enlisted on October 28, 1861, in Prescott’s Lyon Light Guards—what became Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry. He was a corporal when he died on October 12, 1863, in the Regimental Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi.
From The Prescott Journal of November 7, 1863:
A letter from the 12th Wis. says : A few days ago C. A. Beebe, and last night Corp. J. M. George [sic: McGeorge], of Co. A, 12th Wisconsin, died. They were both good soldiers, and their loss to the company is irreparable.
The following is a cropped image from Burial Registers, Compiled 1867-2006, Documenting the Period 1831-2006, part of the Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773–2007, Record Group 15, in the U.S. National Archives at Washington, D.C. (National Archives Identifier #5928352 in their Online Public Access catalog). An index and digital copy of these records is available on Ancestry.com. J. McGeorge is the first entry in this cropped image; Chas. A. Beebe is the last entry shown here.
The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin 