Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muOgdensburg, New York, Chapin akanyoresa muUto kubva kuPamelia, New York muna February 1864 nokuda kwegore rimwe. Akanga achishumira mu142nd New York Volunteer Infantry apo hurumende yake yakarwisa kumusoro kwekoramu yeUnited Union pamusoro pemisasa yeConfederate muhondo yechipiri yeFort Fisher
, North Carolina pana January 15, 1865. Kunyange zvazvo akanga achingova nemakore 17 chete, Chapin akazvipira kutungamirira boka rake, uye pasinei nokuputika kwehondo, akashinga kudimbura masvingo omuvengi, achibvumira shamwari dzake kuputsa masvingo uye kukunda. Akaendeswa ku169th New York Infantry munaJune 1865, uye akaunganidza nehurumende yake mwedzi wakatevera.