BASS, FREDERICK SAMUEL,
(1829~1897)
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Major (date unknown).
Promotions:
Lt Col
Colonel
Field & Staff TX 1st Infantry
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia in June 1829, the son of Benjamin S. Bass and Sarah (Petway) Bass.
Bass was an 1851 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He later taught at a military school in Marshall, Texas and became Captain of Company E, 1st Texas on May 28, 1861. He was promoted to Major on September 7, 1862 and again to Lt. Colonel on July 15, 1864. Bass was wounded at Darbytown Road on October 7, 1864 but successfully recovered and went on to become President of Marshall University in Marshall, Texas. He died in Austin, Texas on July 9, 1897
~ Frederick Samuel Bass' headstone inscription is incorrect. It reads "T.S. Bass" instead of the more accurate "F.S. Bass".~
(1829~1897)
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Major (date unknown).
Promotions:
Lt Col
Colonel
Field & Staff TX 1st Infantry
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia in June 1829, the son of Benjamin S. Bass and Sarah (Petway) Bass.
Bass was an 1851 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He later taught at a military school in Marshall, Texas and became Captain of Company E, 1st Texas on May 28, 1861. He was promoted to Major on September 7, 1862 and again to Lt. Colonel on July 15, 1864. Bass was wounded at Darbytown Road on October 7, 1864 but successfully recovered and went on to become President of Marshall University in Marshall, Texas. He died in Austin, Texas on July 9, 1897
~ Frederick Samuel Bass' headstone inscription is incorrect. It reads "T.S. Bass" instead of the more accurate "F.S. Bass".~
BASS, FREDERICK SAMUEL,
(1829~1897)
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Major (date unknown).
Promotions:
Lt Col
Colonel
Field & Staff TX 1st Infantry
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia in June 1829, the son of Benjamin S. Bass and Sarah (Petway) Bass.
Bass was an 1851 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He later taught at a military school in Marshall, Texas and became Captain of Company E, 1st Texas on May 28, 1861. He was promoted to Major on September 7, 1862 and again to Lt. Colonel on July 15, 1864. Bass was wounded at Darbytown Road on October 7, 1864 but successfully recovered and went on to become President of Marshall University in Marshall, Texas. He died in Austin, Texas on July 9, 1897
~ Frederick Samuel Bass' headstone inscription is incorrect. It reads "T.S. Bass" instead of the more accurate "F.S. Bass".~
(1829~1897)
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Major (date unknown).
Promotions:
Lt Col
Colonel
Field & Staff TX 1st Infantry
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia in June 1829, the son of Benjamin S. Bass and Sarah (Petway) Bass.
Bass was an 1851 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He later taught at a military school in Marshall, Texas and became Captain of Company E, 1st Texas on May 28, 1861. He was promoted to Major on September 7, 1862 and again to Lt. Colonel on July 15, 1864. Bass was wounded at Darbytown Road on October 7, 1864 but successfully recovered and went on to become President of Marshall University in Marshall, Texas. He died in Austin, Texas on July 9, 1897
~ Frederick Samuel Bass' headstone inscription is incorrect. It reads "T.S. Bass" instead of the more accurate "F.S. Bass".~
Inscription
Col. 1st Tex. Inf.
Hood's Brig.
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