Image: J.M. Schoonmaker 1862 from Minerd Archives

Description: This is a photo of Colonel James M. Schoonmaker of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry taken in 1862. Schoonmaker was one of the youngest colonels in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Title: J.M. Schoonmaker 1862 from Minerd Archives
Credit: This photo is a crop of a page from the book "The Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War : A History of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry from its Organization until the Close of the Civil War, 1861-1865". It is from the original version of the book written by William Davis Slease, now out of print, published in 1915. A scan of the entire page of the 1915 book was provided by Minerd.com Archives.
Author: The author of the book is William Davis Slease, who was in Company C of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No