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961……(Born N.Y.)
Leslie Chase
(Ap’d N.Y.)………21
Military
History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1834, to July 1, 1838,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d
Artillery, July 1, 1838.
Second Lieut., 2d
Artillery, July 7, 1838.
Served: on
Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at Detroit, Mich.,
1838, -- Ft. Gratiot, Mich., 1838-39, -- Recruiting, 1839-40, -- and Ft.
Niagara, N.Y., 1840-41; in garrison at Ft. Lafayette, N.Y., 1841, -- Ft.
Hamilton, N.Y., 1841-42, -- Ft. Adams, R.I., 1842, -- Ft. Trumbull, Ct.,
1842, -- Ft. Columbus, N.Y., 1842-44, -- and Frankford Arsenal, Pa.,
1844-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico
(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Apr. 16, 1846)
1846-47, being engaged in
the Battle of Palo Alto
(Bvt. Capt. May 9, 1846,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the
Battles of Palo Alto and
Resaca-de-la-Palma, Tex.)
May 8, 1846, -- and Battle
of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; and on Quartermaster duty at Columbus,
Ga., 1847, -- and New Orleans, La.,
(Captain, Staff – Asst.
Quartermaster, Apr. 10, 1847)
1847-49
Died, Apr. 15, 1849, at
Ft. Johnston, N.C.: Aged 33.
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