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James Martinus Schoonmaker

Union Army Medal of Honor recipient

Died when: 85 years 103 days (1023 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

James Martinus Schoonmaker

James Martinus Schoonmaker, Sr. (June 30, 1842 – October 11, 1927), was a German American Colonel in the Union Army in the American Civil War and a vice-president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad.

He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19, 1864.


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