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Enos G. Chase
Surgeon Enos G. Chase, Field & Staff, 104th New York Infantry
Died 30 May 1882 ; 54.5 years of age.

Enos G. Chase enlisted as Assistant Surgeon on 03 Dec 1861 at 34 years of age.
He was mustered into Field & Staff of the 104th New York Infantry on 23 Dec 1861. He served 36 months; 03 Dec 1861 to 02 Dec 1864.

While Enos G. Chase was in service, the 104th New York was engaged in the following battles which had a direct and decisive influence on a campaign and / or a direct impact on the course of the war:
  • Manassas_II, Virginia, 28 - 30 Aug 1862
  • Chantilly, Virginia, 01 Sept 1862
  • South Mountain, Maryland, 14 Sept 1862
  • Antietam, Maryland, 16 -18 Sept 1862
  • Fredericksburg_I, Virginia, 11 -15 Dec 1862
  • Chancellorsville, Virginia, 30 Apr - 06 May 1863
  • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 01 - 03 July 1863
  • Mine Run, Virginia, 27 Nov - 02 Dec 1863
  • Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, 08 - 21 May 1864;
        including the assault on the Salient, the 'Bloody Angle', on 12 May 1864
  • North Anna, Virginia, 23 - 26 May 1864
  • Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia, 28 - 30 May 1864
  • Cold Harbor, Virginia, 31 May - 12 June 1864
  • assault on Petersburg, Virginia, 15 - 18 June 1864
  • siege of Petersburg, Virginia, 16 June to 02 April 1865;
        including 'The Crater' or the 'Mine Explosion' before Petersburg 30 July 1864
  • Weldon Railroad_II, Virginia, 18 - 21 Aug 1864

    The 104th New York Infantry regiment shared the hardships and discomforts of Gen. Burnside's 'Mud March', 20 - 24 Jan 1863.

    Enos G. Chase was discharged / mustered out on 02 Dec 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia, at the expiration of his term of service.

    Other information regarding Enos G. Chase gleaned from the Boulder Genealogical Society Columbia Cemetery Burial Index, includes:
  • born on 12 Nov 1827 in Warsaw, New York
  • married Celia F Benway in East Groveland, New York
  • fathered four children
  • removed to Colorado in 1877 for his health; he is reported to have been an asthmatic since birth
  • homesteaded in Larimer County, between the Big Thompson River and the Little Thompson River, in the spring of 1879
  • died on 30 May 1882 at Berthoud, Colorado
  • buried in Burlington Cemetery, Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, on 31 May 1862. initially
  • disinterred and reinterred beside his wife in Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, in May 1902

    Sources
  • Boulder Genealogical Society's Columbia Cemetery Burial Index
  • Historical Data Systems, Inc., Duxbury, MA 02331
  • NPS CWSSS Battle Summaries
  • NPS CWSSS Regimental Histories

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