Richard Bates
Born: 1829 at Wales
Home Town: New York, New York
War Department, General Orders No. 77, August 1, 1866
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman of the U.S.S. De Soto Richard Bates, United States Navy, for heroic conduct in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the U.S.S. WINNOSKI, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
