The Salt Lake Daily Tribune
May 23, 1888
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A SOLDIER'S GRAVE
On Monday last the Grand Army Post of this place performed a grateful duty. Colonel Marshall W. Chapin died in this city in 1873, and was buried in the main cemetery. On Monday last the Post had his remains removed to their own ground in Mount Olivet.
When the first long roll of the war was sounded, May 16th, 1861, Chapin joined the Fourth Michigan Infantry. He was made a Captain, June 15th, 1862. August 23rd, 1863, he became Colonel of the Twenty-third Michigan Infantry. He resigned, through disability, April 15th 1864. He was in many of the most tremendous battles east and west; was sorely wounded at Seven Pines; again at Gettysburg; again at Chattanooga, and once in some other battle. With the close of the war, he came West and entered into business, but hardships and wounds suffered were too much for him and he died. In brilliancy his record as a solder was, next to General Maxwell's, the brightest earned by any Michigan volunteer. The Post removed his remains, thinking, as one of them expressed it, that "his sleep would be sweeter, if his final couch could be made within call of his comrades."
One by one they are going. Swiftly are the ranks thinning on this side; swiftly are they falling into that long line which will never be broken any more. Their final resting places are sacred spots and give a sanctity to native land which it never had before. Are we keeping their memory as bright as we should? Are we keeping fully in mind what they did for us, and are we holding safely the (illegible).
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Son of Dr. Marshall Chapin and Mary Crosby; he married Louisa Vreeland 31 Dec 1852; and is now survived by her, and their daughter Mary M. Chapin.
Chapin enlisted for three years. A farmer from the Detroit area, he was 30 years old, married and the father of three children ages: 8, 3 and 1. He was commissioned Captain of Company F on January 15, 1862. He resigned on September 1, 1862. He re-entered the service as Colonel of the 23rd Michigan Infantry on September 13, 1862. Suffering from rheumatism and dysentery he resigned and was honorably discharged on April 15, 1864. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 13, 1876 and was initially buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Grave H-5-14-1E (Memorial #201372278), but later moved, as noted in the above obituary, to Mount Olivet, as evidenced by the headstone photos.
May 23, 1888
page two
A SOLDIER'S GRAVE
On Monday last the Grand Army Post of this place performed a grateful duty. Colonel Marshall W. Chapin died in this city in 1873, and was buried in the main cemetery. On Monday last the Post had his remains removed to their own ground in Mount Olivet.
When the first long roll of the war was sounded, May 16th, 1861, Chapin joined the Fourth Michigan Infantry. He was made a Captain, June 15th, 1862. August 23rd, 1863, he became Colonel of the Twenty-third Michigan Infantry. He resigned, through disability, April 15th 1864. He was in many of the most tremendous battles east and west; was sorely wounded at Seven Pines; again at Gettysburg; again at Chattanooga, and once in some other battle. With the close of the war, he came West and entered into business, but hardships and wounds suffered were too much for him and he died. In brilliancy his record as a solder was, next to General Maxwell's, the brightest earned by any Michigan volunteer. The Post removed his remains, thinking, as one of them expressed it, that "his sleep would be sweeter, if his final couch could be made within call of his comrades."
One by one they are going. Swiftly are the ranks thinning on this side; swiftly are they falling into that long line which will never be broken any more. Their final resting places are sacred spots and give a sanctity to native land which it never had before. Are we keeping their memory as bright as we should? Are we keeping fully in mind what they did for us, and are we holding safely the (illegible).
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Son of Dr. Marshall Chapin and Mary Crosby; he married Louisa Vreeland 31 Dec 1852; and is now survived by her, and their daughter Mary M. Chapin.
Chapin enlisted for three years. A farmer from the Detroit area, he was 30 years old, married and the father of three children ages: 8, 3 and 1. He was commissioned Captain of Company F on January 15, 1862. He resigned on September 1, 1862. He re-entered the service as Colonel of the 23rd Michigan Infantry on September 13, 1862. Suffering from rheumatism and dysentery he resigned and was honorably discharged on April 15, 1864. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 13, 1876 and was initially buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Grave H-5-14-1E (Memorial #201372278), but later moved, as noted in the above obituary, to Mount Olivet, as evidenced by the headstone photos.
The Salt Lake Daily Tribune
May 23, 1888
page two
A SOLDIER'S GRAVE
On Monday last the Grand Army Post of this place performed a grateful duty. Colonel Marshall W. Chapin died in this city in 1873, and was buried in the main cemetery. On Monday last the Post had his remains removed to their own ground in Mount Olivet.
When the first long roll of the war was sounded, May 16th, 1861, Chapin joined the Fourth Michigan Infantry. He was made a Captain, June 15th, 1862. August 23rd, 1863, he became Colonel of the Twenty-third Michigan Infantry. He resigned, through disability, April 15th 1864. He was in many of the most tremendous battles east and west; was sorely wounded at Seven Pines; again at Gettysburg; again at Chattanooga, and once in some other battle. With the close of the war, he came West and entered into business, but hardships and wounds suffered were too much for him and he died. In brilliancy his record as a solder was, next to General Maxwell's, the brightest earned by any Michigan volunteer. The Post removed his remains, thinking, as one of them expressed it, that "his sleep would be sweeter, if his final couch could be made within call of his comrades."
One by one they are going. Swiftly are the ranks thinning on this side; swiftly are they falling into that long line which will never be broken any more. Their final resting places are sacred spots and give a sanctity to native land which it never had before. Are we keeping their memory as bright as we should? Are we keeping fully in mind what they did for us, and are we holding safely the (illegible).
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Son of Dr. Marshall Chapin and Mary Crosby; he married Louisa Vreeland 31 Dec 1852; and is now survived by her, and their daughter Mary M. Chapin.
Chapin enlisted for three years. A farmer from the Detroit area, he was 30 years old, married and the father of three children ages: 8, 3 and 1. He was commissioned Captain of Company F on January 15, 1862. He resigned on September 1, 1862. He re-entered the service as Colonel of the 23rd Michigan Infantry on September 13, 1862. Suffering from rheumatism and dysentery he resigned and was honorably discharged on April 15, 1864. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 13, 1876 and was initially buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Grave H-5-14-1E (Memorial #201372278), but later moved, as noted in the above obituary, to Mount Olivet, as evidenced by the headstone photos.
May 23, 1888
page two
A SOLDIER'S GRAVE
On Monday last the Grand Army Post of this place performed a grateful duty. Colonel Marshall W. Chapin died in this city in 1873, and was buried in the main cemetery. On Monday last the Post had his remains removed to their own ground in Mount Olivet.
When the first long roll of the war was sounded, May 16th, 1861, Chapin joined the Fourth Michigan Infantry. He was made a Captain, June 15th, 1862. August 23rd, 1863, he became Colonel of the Twenty-third Michigan Infantry. He resigned, through disability, April 15th 1864. He was in many of the most tremendous battles east and west; was sorely wounded at Seven Pines; again at Gettysburg; again at Chattanooga, and once in some other battle. With the close of the war, he came West and entered into business, but hardships and wounds suffered were too much for him and he died. In brilliancy his record as a solder was, next to General Maxwell's, the brightest earned by any Michigan volunteer. The Post removed his remains, thinking, as one of them expressed it, that "his sleep would be sweeter, if his final couch could be made within call of his comrades."
One by one they are going. Swiftly are the ranks thinning on this side; swiftly are they falling into that long line which will never be broken any more. Their final resting places are sacred spots and give a sanctity to native land which it never had before. Are we keeping their memory as bright as we should? Are we keeping fully in mind what they did for us, and are we holding safely the (illegible).
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Son of Dr. Marshall Chapin and Mary Crosby; he married Louisa Vreeland 31 Dec 1852; and is now survived by her, and their daughter Mary M. Chapin.
Chapin enlisted for three years. A farmer from the Detroit area, he was 30 years old, married and the father of three children ages: 8, 3 and 1. He was commissioned Captain of Company F on January 15, 1862. He resigned on September 1, 1862. He re-entered the service as Colonel of the 23rd Michigan Infantry on September 13, 1862. Suffering from rheumatism and dysentery he resigned and was honorably discharged on April 15, 1864. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 13, 1876 and was initially buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Grave H-5-14-1E (Memorial #201372278), but later moved, as noted in the above obituary, to Mount Olivet, as evidenced by the headstone photos.
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