Daniel Chaplin was a Union army officer in the American Civil War enlisted as a Private in Company F of the Second Maine Infantry Regiment and was chosen Captain of the company May 28, 1861.
He was chosen Captain of the company May 28, 1861, and was promoted to the rank of Major, September 13 of that year. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted as a Private in Company F of the Second Maine Infantry Regiment, which was raised in Bangor. Daniel Chaplin (January 22, 1820  August 20, 1864) was a Union army officer in the American Civil War. 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment 
