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210 May 8, 1899. His gallantry at Gettysburg won him a brevet commission as first lieutenant, July 3, 1863, while serving in Merritt's reserve brigade, Buford's division, Pleasanton's cavalry corps, and that of captain for intrepidity in the engagement at Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, 1865, while serving in Gibbs's 3d brigade, Devens' 1st division, Merritt's corps. Army of the Shenandoah, under Sheridan. For gallantry in an engagement with the Comanche Indians on Painted Tree Creek, Texas, he received the brevet of major, March 7, 1868. Major Chaffee was married secondly March 31, 1875, to Anne Frances, daughter of George and Catharine Westlake Cole Rockwell of Junction City, Kansas. His service after the close of the Civil war was principally in Texas and Arizona against the Indians, for which he received a brevet of lieutenant-colonel February 27, 1890. On the outbreak of the war with Spain he was appointed brigadier-general United States volunteers. May 4, 1898, and took part in the mobilization of the United States volunteer army to serve against the Spanish army in Cuba. His first active service was in the Santiago campaign, where he commanded the 3d brigade, 2d division, 5th corps from June to August, 1898, and at El Caney he directed the movements of his brigade with so much ability that he gained promotion to major-general of volunteers July 8, 1898. When peace was assured through the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago, July 3, 1898, followed by an active campaign against the Spanish armies operating in Cuba and Porto Rico, a military government was established by the United States, July 18, 1898, followed by a protocol signed August 12, 1899. This resulted in the appointment of peace commissioners to meet in Paris, October 1, 1898. During November and December, 1898, he commanded the first division, fourth army corps in Alabama and after the commissioners signed the treaty of peace in December, 1898, General Chaffee was made chief of staff of the division of Cuba, serving from December, 1898, to May, 1900. The Spanish troops having evacuated Cuba, February 6, 1899, General Chaffee was honorably discharged as major-general of volunteers, April 13, 1899, and he was appointed brigadier-general, U. S. A., the same date, and continued in command at Havana until May 24, 1900, when he was ordered to China to direct the movements of the American troops allied with those of the other nations whose legations were besieged by the Boxers, or anti-foreign Chinese, who threatened the