Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa muOgdensburg, New York, Chapin akanyoresa muuto kubva kuPamelia, New York muna February 1864 kwegore rimwe chete. Akanga achibatira mu142nd New York Volunteer Infantry apo hurumende yake yakarwisa kumusoro kwekoramu yeUnited Union pamusoro pemasimba eConfederate pa
Hondo Yechipiri yeFort Fisher, North Carolina musi waJanuary 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.