BASS, DAVID L. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, Ireland. Accredited
to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: On board the U.S.S.
Minnesota in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865.
Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, S/man Bass
advanced to the top of the sand hill and partly through the breach in the
palisades despite enemy fire which killed and wounded many officers and
men. When more than two-thirds of the men became seized with panic and
retreated on the run, he remained with the party until dark, when it came
safely away, bringing its wounded, its arms, and its colors.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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