Daniel Chase
Daniel Chase was born around 1840 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Margaret Chase. His father was a farmer who owned $2,000 of real estate and $600 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in South Creek, Pennsylvania, and by 1860, he was working as a farm laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on May 16, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company F of the 23rd New York Infantry later that day. According to his service records, he was 6 feet tall, with brown hair and grey eyes. The regiment took part in the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. He mustered out on May 22, 1863.
 
He returned to the Union army soon afterward, mustering in as a private in the 1st New York Veteran Cavalry on July 17, 1863. The regiment took part in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. He was wounded near Upperville, Virginia, on February 20, 1864, and Confederates captured him later that day. He rejoined the regiment on March 20, 1864, and he was promoted to sergeant on May 24, 1864. He mustered out on July 20, 1865.
 
Chase returned to his parents’ household in South Creek after leaving the army. He married Phoebe Williams in the 1870s, and their son John was born around 1883. His wife died in the late 1800s, and he lived with his sister Nancy Chase until at least 1920. By 1930, he was living in his son John’s household in South Creek. He died in Troy, Pennsylvania, on July 18, 1934.
 
Image: Daniel Chase (Star-Gazette, 3 August 1933)
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3540)Chase, Daniel18401934-07-18
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 13

  • (9633) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 12 August 1861
  • (9637) [associated with] ~ William Chase to Sister, 12 November 1861
  • (9645) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 4 March 1862
  • (9647) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 2 April 1862
  • (9654) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 23 May 1862
  • (9661) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 2 August 1862
  • (9667) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 21 September 1862
  • (9668) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 11 October 1862
  • (9734) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 20 February 1863
  • (9769) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 3 November 1863
  • (9784) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy, 8 April 1864
  • (9791) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Mary Kennedy and Nancy Chase, 5 August 1864
  • (9814) [writer] ~ Daniel Chase to Nancy Chase, 9 December 1891

People - Records: 8

  • (3540) Chase, Daniel is the [aunt/uncle of] (3546) Kennedy, Margaret
  • (3541) Kennedy, Mary is the [sibling of] (3540) Chase, Daniel
  • (3542) Chase, William is the [sibling of] (3540) Chase, Daniel
  • (3544) Hurlbut, Mary M. is the [cousin of] (3540) Chase, Daniel
  • (3547) Chase, David is the [sibling of] (3540) Chase, Daniel
  • (3548) Chase, Wallace is the [sibling of] (3540) Chase, Daniel
  • (3549) Chase, Nancy is the [sibling of] (3540) Chase, Daniel
  • (3555) Chase, George is the [sibling of] (3540) Chase, Daniel

Places - Records: 2

  • (2801) [birth] ~ South Creek, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
  • (2802) [death] ~ Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (751) [enlisted] [F] ~ 23rd New York Infantry
  • (956) [enlisted] ~ 1st New York Veteran Cavalry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Fold3.com; The Canton (PA) Independent-Sentinel, 26 July 1934