Chase or Clare, Edward T.

Rank: Private

Unit: C Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: July 11, 1840 in New York, New York. He was 32.

Date of birth: 1808

Occupation prior to enlistment: Bookkeeper

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 5 June 1841

Cause of death: Remittent fever

Location of fatality: Palatka, Florida

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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida

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