Pvt. George W. Schoonhoven

Pvt. George W. Schoonhoven

   Attended Elgin High School.
   Attended the Elgin Academy.

The Elgin Company

I Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Aged 16 years.
   Mustered In Sept. 5, 1862.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield rifled musket.

  Excerpt from Grandfather was a Drummer Boy, diary of Charles Stiles.

   July 27, 1864
      It comes so regularly now, that we expect a tear every night about dark.  The 15th, 16th, and 17th Corps. passed here today on their way to the right wing.  In the 127th Ill. I saw Nelson Merrill and in the 52nd I saw John Adams, Capt. Wilcox, Madison Cole, and Geo. Schoonhoven.  While I write a great light is reflected on the sky and we suppose that Atlanta is burning.  About a half hour ago there was considerable firing on the picket line but it has almost entirely ceased.

   Mustered Out June 5, 1865.

Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss.  Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala.        May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss.        May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville                       Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga.                   May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga. May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga.       May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.             Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga.          Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga.            Sept. 15, 1864