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- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
William Henry Bass
William Henry Bass (1841-1874). Hospital steward, 6th New York Cavalry; 2nd New York Provisional Cavalry. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, on William Henry Harrison?s Inauguration Day, he was named for the new president. His family moved to Toronto, Canada, before re-settling in the United Stated in Brooklyn. After enlisting at New York City on October 10, 1861, he mustered into the 6h New York Cavalry as a hospital steward with the rank of ward master on October 25. He was 5? 8? tall with hazel eyes and black hair; he had a dark complexion and was, by occupation, a chemist. On May 3, 1863, he was captured at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. Confined in Richmond, Virginia, on May 7, he was paroled at City Point, Virginia, on May 14, reported to Camp Parole, Maryland, on May 16, then went to Camp Convalescent until July 24, 1863.
Bass re-enlisted on December 16, 1863, with the rank of private, again serving as a hospital steward, and was transferred into the 2nd Provisional Cavalry. On August 16, 1864 he was captured at Kernstown, Virginia, was confined at Richmond on August 20, and was paroled at Varina, Virginia, on October 1864. He was then assigned to the Division 1 hospital at Annapolis, Maryland. He mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on August 9, 1865.
After the Civil War, Bass returned to his family?s drug business and helped run their establishment on DeKalb Avenue. His battlefield experience gave him expertise as a surgeon although he never had formal training in that specialty. According to a descendant, his death in 1874 resulted from the lingering effects of disease and malnutrition resulting from his wartime imprisonment. Job Bass, his father, also served in the War. He last lived at 57 DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn. Lydia Bass, who is interred with him, applied for and received a widow?s pension in 1890, certificate 301,946. Section 189, lot 16826.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1841 - 1874 (33 years)