Pvt. James W. Schoonhoven the 2nd

Pvt. James W. Schoonhoven the 2nd

1862 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 7, 1862.

C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's. Sept. 5, 1862.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
   Discharged Nov. 21, 1863, reason not listed.

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

Post War;
   Listed on the 1870 Census #237/353 as aged 29 years, from Michigan, living in Elgin, Ill.
   Member of the ‘Old Settlers of the Fox River Valley’.
  Application for membership in Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 rejected on Feb. 15, 1904.
   As recorded on the Elgin Sexton's ledger:  Died Sept. 6, 1909, 9:00 pm at Madison, Wisc.  Aged 70 years.  Cause of death listed as Hemorage of Lungs.  Undertaker retained, Wait & Ross Co.  Pronouncing Physician, J. W. Hopkins of Madison, Wisc.  Death Cert. #12150.
   Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.