Yesterday
(January 30th) I wrote about my 2nd great-grandfather, John Wilson
Smalley, in the Civil War and mentioned his brother Abner Smalley,
who was killed during the War.
Now
I will attempt to write about a couple of the other uncles in the
War. Really they are 2nd great-grand uncles.
Uncle
Luman Chase (2nd great-grand uncle) served in Company E, Illinois
38th Infantry Regiment from 19 Jun 1864 to 14 Oct 1864. He was
considered one of the Hundred Days Men. From an article in Wikipedia
we learn that this was a nickname for regiments that were raised in
1864 for 100 days of service. They were lightly trained and spent
their short term freeing veteran units from routine duty so those
units could go to the front lines for combat. Uncle Luman's unit
served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. But even that short service
entitled him to become a member of the G.A.R. In his obituary, when
he died at Deer Park, Washington (near Spokane) 18 Apr 1832, the
headline read: "Taps Sound for Last G.A.R. Veteran."
Luman's
brother, Uncle Ralph Chase (2nd great-grand uncle) enlisted as a
private on 30 Aug 1862 in Company A, Ohio 23rd Infantry Regiment. His
service was quite a lot longer than his brother's, since he was
mustered out 30 Jun 1865. Uncle Ralph was living in Leroy Township,
Lake County, Ohio, in 1890 and is listed on the Special Schedule of
the 1890 Census for Surviving
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows. This states he had applied
for a pension since he had contracted rheumatism.
great
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