Tuhia he toenga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai i Ogdensburg, New York, i uru a Chapin ki te ope taua mai i Pamelia, New York i te Hui-tanguru 1864 mo te wa kotahi tau. I mahi ia i roto i te 142nd New York Volunteer Infantry i te wa i whakaekea ai tana rerenga i te upoko o te pou o te Uniana ki nga whakapae Confederate i te Pakanga Tuarua o Fort Fisher
, North Carolina i te 15 o Hanuere 1865. Ahakoa he 17 noa iho ona tau, i kaha haere a Chapin i te upoko o tana pu, ahakoa te kaha o te patu a te hoariri, i kaha ia ki te tapahi i te hoariri, ka tuku i ona hoa ki te pakaru i nga whakapae me te wikitoria. I whakawhitihia ia ki te 169th New York Infantry i te Pipiri 1865, a, i whakauruhia ki tana rerenga i te marama e whai ake nei.