From the May 31, 2022, My Little Falls (Herkimer County, New York) "Veterans clean up Medal of Honor winner gravesite in Little Falls" by Dave Warner.
A group of Vietnam and Korean War veterans decided to spend part of their Memorial Day Weekend cleaning around the gravestone of David L. Bass of Little Falls, who received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.
Bass's citation reads, "On board the USS Minnesota in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Seaman Bass advanced to the top of a sand hill and partly through the breach in the palisade despite enemy fire which killed and wounded many officers and men.
"When more than two-thirds of the men became sized 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."
Bass was born on February 3, 1842 in Ireland, and died in Little Falls on October 14, 1886, buried just south of the Holy Trinity Cemetery.
--Old B-Runner
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