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Rufus L. Chase

Residence was not listed; 18 years old.

Enlisted on 8/23/1864 at Westfield, NY as a Private.

On 8/24/1864 he mustered into "D" Co. NY 3rd Cavalry 
He was Mustered Out on 6/7/1865 at Norfolk, VA


Other Information:
born in 1847 in New York
Held GAR Offices:
* National Asst Adjutant-General for 1925
* National Sr Aide-de-Camp for 1921
* Dept of IA Commander for 1920
died 1/2/1928 in Des Moines, IA

(Died at age 81)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

 - New York:  Report of the Adjutant-General 1893-1906
 - Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
 - Journal of the National Encampment of the GAR
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 RUFUS L. CHASE

Rufus L. Chase, elected Department Commander in 1920,
was a native of New York. Born in March, 1847, he was
only fourteen years of age when Fort Sumter was fired upon.
Accordingly, some three years passed by before his
enlistment in Company D, Third New York Cavalry, in
August, 1864.

At the close of the war young Chase returned to his native
State, studied dentistry, and qualified himself for the practice
of that profession. Perhaps it was in the decade of the
seventies that he moved west -- locating at Parkersburg in
Butler County, Iowa, where he practiced dentistry for two
years. He was then appointed Deputy State Auditor and
moved to Des Moines, where he continued to reside until the
end of his career in January, 1928.

For almost fifty years Comrade Chase served the Grand
Army of the Republic in an official capacity as a delegate to
the State Encampment, member of the legislative committee,
member of the Council of Administration, Assistant Quarter
Master General, Assistant Adjutant General, National
Assistant Adjutant General, and Department Commander.
To National Grand Army matters he gave much time and
attention. In civic matters, too, he was prominent for many
years. It was largely through his influence that the National
Encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic were held
in Des Moines in 1922 and in 1926.

Source:  The Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
         page 145


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