CIVIL WAR WIA/POW SGT 14th NY INFANTRY POLITICIAN CHACE CHECK DOCUMENTS SIGNED !

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Here’s a collection of Check Documents Signed by
A. FRANK B. CHACE
(1837-1915)
CIVIL WAR WIA BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL SERGEANT IN THE
14
th
NEW YORK INFANTRY – THE
“
1ST ONEIDA COUNTY REGIMENT,”
TAKEN PRISONER BY CONFEDERATES and CONFINED IN LIBBY PRISON,
PROMINENT COLUMBIA COUNTY, NY LAWYER
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HILLSDALE, NEW YORK TOWN CLERK IN 1863 AFTER BEING
HONORABLY DISCHARGED FOR HIS CIVIL WAR WOUNDS.
During the Civil War, Chace, at the age of 24, saw severe service in the battles of Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, and at the bloody battle of Malvern Hill, where, on July 1, 1862, he was severely wounded, being shot through the thigh, breaking the bone; he lay on the battle-field twenty-four hours, and was then carried to a barn, where he lay six days, a prisoner who fell into the hands of the Confederates; he was taken to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia and after fourteen days was exchanged and taken to a hospital in Baltimore; there he remained until he received his honorable discharge on October 11, 1862, with the rank of Sergeant. U
pon his return home he zealously devoted his abilities to the union cause, frequently addressing war meetings while yet on crutches, and
served a term as Hillsdale NY’s Town Clerk and spent the rest of his life as a prominent Columbia County Attorney, with his lawyer sons, under the name of “A. Frank B. Chace & Sons.”
Chace’s name is inscribed on the bronze plaque attached to the Civil War Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Hillsdale, New York.
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HERE ARE THREE (3) DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY CHACE – A TRIO OF CHECKS DRAWN OFF OF CHACE’S ACCOUNT AT THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK OF HUDSON, NY. DATED IN 1891 and 1893. ONE OF THE A. F. B. CHACE CHECKS IS MADE PAYABLE TO and SIGNED ON THE VERSO BY SHERIFF J. E. LEAVITT.
INCLUDED WITH THE A. FRANK B. CHACE CHECKS ARE AN ADDITIONAL PAIR OF CHECKS SIGNED BY
WILLIAM WALLACE CHACE
NEW YORK ASSEMBLYMAN and YALE EDUCATED LAWYER.
AND AN ADDITIONAL PAIR OF CHECKS SIGNED BY
J. FRANK CHACE
PROMINENT NY LAWYER.
Both of whom were A. Frank B. Chace’s sons, who were partners in the firm of
“A. Frank B. Chace & Sons”
The documents are in very fine condition.
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BIOGRAPHY OF A. FRANK B. CHACE
Civil War Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Hillsdale, New York.
A. Frank B. Chace’s name is inscribed on the bronze plaque.
A. Frank B
.
Chace,
Civil War veteran and attorney-at-law of Hudson, N. Y., was born in Hillsdale, N. Y., February 13, 1837.  His father, John McGonegal Chace, was a native of the town of Austerlitz, N. Y., where he was born January 20, 1800, the son of John Chace, whose father was Abraham Chace, a pioneer and a solider in the Revolutionary army.  John M. Chace was married to Eliza A. Becker; he was a farmer and well known throughout the county.
A. Frank B. Chace was educated at the Spencertown Academy and at Charlotteville Seminary.  He read law with Martin H. Dorr, of Hillsdale, and was admitted to the bar of Columbia County at the December Term of 1863.
On April 23, 1861, eleven days after the first gun was fired upon Fort Sumter, Chace enlisted as a private in Company K, Fourteenth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry.  He saw severe service in the battles of Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Savage Station.  White Oak Swamp, and at the bloody battle of Malvern Hill, where, on July 1, 1862, he was wounded, being shot through the thigh, breaking the bone; he lay on the battle-field twenty-four hours, and was then carried to a barn, where he lay six days, a prisoner of war in the hands of the enemy; he was taken to Libby Prison in Richmond, and after fourteen days was exchanged and taken to a hospital in Baltimore; there he remained until he received his discharge on October 11, 1862, with the rank of sergeant.
He returned to Hillsdale, and, after recovering from the effects of his army experience, and after his admission to the bar, practiced law until July, 1867, when he removed to Hudson and formed a partnership with Judge Newkirk.  This relationship continued until 1889, from which time until 1896 he practiced alone.  In the latter year he associated with himself his sons, Alfred B. and J. Frank, to which partnership his youngest son, William Wallace, was admitted as a member in 1900.  For over thirty years Chace has been one of the leading members of the Columbia county bar, and has won an eminent position therein by his ability, industry and straightforward course in professional and civil life.  On the 16th of August, 1865, Mr. Chace married Mary A., only daughter of Alfred Bruce, a merchant of Hillsdale, N. Y.
Source:
FACTORS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY HISTORY From Columbia County at the End of the Century, Volume II, Published and Edited Under the Auspices of the Hudson Gazette, Hudson, New York,
M C M (1900)
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BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM WALLACE CHACE
William W Chace
Partner in the law firm of A. Frank B. Chace & Sons Hudson, New York, and Republican who represented Columbia County, New York in the Assembly, was born in the city of Hudson on March 11
th
1872 where he has since resided.
He is the son of the
late Col A Frank B Chace
the well known lawyer of the county and a brother of Ex District Attorney Alfred Bruce Chace and J. Frank Chace who entered with the Yale class of ’94, but was obliged to leave during Sophomore year on account of ill health.
W. W. Chace was prepared for college at Williston Seminary Easthampton, Mass., and was graduated from Yale with honors in 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and entered the firm of A. Frank B. Chace & Sons, the predecessors of the present firm of Chace Brothers. Since his admission to the bar he has devoted himself to his profession and has achieved the reputation of a successful trial lawyer.
He is a Trustee of the Masonic Hall Association of Hudson, NY, a member of Hudson Lodge No. 7 F & AM, of which he is a past master, Hudson Chapter No 6, RAM Hudson Council No 62, R & SM Lafayette Commandery No 7 KT, and the Masonic Club, and enjoys the distinction of being Past District Deputy Grand Master of the 14th Masonic District. He is also a member of the Woodmen and the Sons of Veterans of which latter organization he is a Past Commander.
W. W. Chace has been Secretary and Treasurer of the University Club of Hudson and a Director of the local YMCA. He has also served as a deacon in the Consistory of the First Reformed Church being at present an elder.
Nominated for the Assembly in 1914, William Wallace Chace received 4,584 votes to 4,202 cast for Alexander W. Hover his Democratic opponent. Assembly House Speaker Sweet, in 1915, appointed Chace a member of the following Assembly Committees: Codes, Banks and Commerce, and Navigation. Chace was renominated in 1915, receiving 4,836 votes to 3,862 cast for Robert Storm former Democratic County Clerk and Sheriff of Columbia County. Speaker Sweet, in 1916, appointed Chace a member of the following Assembly Committees: Electricity, Gas and Water, and Banks
Source: The New York Red Book, by Edgar L. Murlin, Albany, 1916. Page 137.
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NEW YORK
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY
(Two Years)
Fourteenth Infantry.-Col., James McQuade.
Lieut.-Cols., Charles
A. Johnson, Charles H. Skillon, Thomas M. Davies; Majs., Charles
H. Skillon, Charles B. Young, Thomas M. Davies, Lewis Michaels.
The 14th, known as the 1st Oneida county regiment, was organized
at Utica and contained five companies from that city, one from
Rome, one from Boonville, one from Syracuse, one from Lowville
and one from Hudson.
It was mustered into the U. S. service at
Albany May 17, 1861, for a two years' term, and left the state
for Washington on June 18.
For a month it was stationed on Meridian hill and on July 22 was
assigned to the 1st brigade, 2nd division, Army of Northeastern
Virginia, then encamped on Arlington heights.
Winter quarters
were established on Miner's hill and on March 13, 1862, the 14th
was transferred to the 2nd brigade, 1st division, 3d corps, Army
of the Potomac, and served with that brigade in the Peninsular
campaign until May, when it became a part of the 2nd brigade, 1st
division, 5th provisional corps.
It bore a prominent part in the Seven Days' battles, 125 members
being among the dead and wounded at Malvern hill.
Camp at
Harrison's landing followed and then the Maryland campaign, in
which the regiment was held in reserve during the bloody battle
of Antietam.
It was again active at Fredericksburg, with a loss
of 35 killed, wounded and missing, after which it spent a quiet
winter in camp near Falmouth and upon the expiration of its term
of service was mustered out at Utica, May 24, 1863.
The three years' men were transferred to the 44th and later to
the 140th N. Y.
The total loss of the regiment during its term
of service was 85 by death from wounds, and 44 from other causes.
Source:
The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 58
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