Thornton Chase
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican poet (1847-1912)
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Thornton Chase was a distinguished officer of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War, and the first western convert to the Baháʼí Faith.
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Thornton Chase, c. 1900![The U. S. C. T. 26th on parade at Camp William Penn, Pa. 1865[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Twenty-sixth_United_States_Colored_Volunteer_Infantry%2C_massed._Camp_William_Penn%2C_Pennsylvania.%2C_ca._1897_-_ca._1897_-_NARA_-_533126.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-Twenty-sixth_United_States_Colored_Volunteer_Infantry%2C_massed._Camp_William_Penn%2C_Pennsylvania.%2C_ca._1897_-_ca._1897_-_NARA_-_533126.tif.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
The U. S. C. T. 26th on parade at Camp William Penn, Pa. 1865[12]
Names from the plaque on the African American Civil War Memorial of the 26th Regiment, USCI, James B. Chase on 13th line near left
Names from the plaque on the African American Civil War Memorial of the 104th Regiment, USCI, James B. Chase on 10th line near left
Thornton Chase (seated, second from right) among Baháʼís in Egypt.
Tent raised at the site of the future Baháʼí Temple near Chicago for the Feast of Ridván, noting especially Thornton Chase with the ✚ above him.
Chase's grave in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles as it appeared in 1920.Writers from United States 6
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1847 to 1912 · aged 65
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