Philip Bazaar

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name= Philip Bazaar
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placeofbirth= Chile
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allegiance= United States of America Union
branch= Union Navy
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rank= Ordinary Seaman
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unit= USS "Santiago de Cuba"
battles=American Civil War *Battle of Fort Fisher
awards= Medal of Honor Navy Civil War Campaign Medal
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Seaman Philip Bazaar, born in Chile, South America, was a Navy seaman who was awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for having distinguished himself during the battle for Fort Fisher of the American Civil War.

Biography

Bazaar, a resident of Massachusetts, was a Chilean immigrant who joined the Union Navy at New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Bazaar was assigned to the USS "Santiago de Cuba" during the American Civil War. "Santiago de Cuba" was a wooden, brigantine-rigged, side-wheel steamship under the command of Rear Admiral David D. Porter.

On the latter part of 1864, Union General Ulysses S. Grant ordered an assault on Fort Fisher, a stronghold of the Confederate States of America. It protected the vital trading routes of Wilmington's port, at North Carolina.

Rear Admiral Porter was in charge of the naval assault and General Benjamin F. Butler was in charge of the land assault. After the failure of the first assault, Butler was replaced by Major General Alfred Terry.

A second assault was ordered for January 1865. Bazaar was aboard the USS "Santiago de Cuba" and served in both assaults on the fort. On January 12, 1865, both ground and naval Union forces attempted the second assault. Bazaar and 5 other crew members, under the direct orders from Rear Admiral Porter, carried dispatches during the battle while under heavy fire from the Confederates to Major General Alfred Terry.

Philip Bazaar was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

Medal of Honor citation

BAZAAR, PHILIP
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Rank and organization:" Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy
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Accredited to:" Massachusetts
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Born:" Chile, South America
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G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865
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Citation:
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On board the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba during the assault on Fort Fisher on 15 January 1865. As one of a boat crew detailed to one of the generals on shore, O.S. Bazaar bravely entered the fort in the assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches at the height of the battle. He was 1 of 6 men who entered the fort in the assault from the fleet. [ [http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwa/bazar_philip.html Medal of Honor citation for Philip Bazaar] ]

Awards and decorations

Philip Bazaar's awards and decorations include the following:

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients
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Notes

References

*cite web
url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/s-d-cuba.htm
title=USS Santiago de Cuba (1861-1865)
publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy

*cite web
url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwa/bazar_philip.html
title=Medal of Honor citation for Philip Bazaar
publisher=HomeofHeroes.com

*cite web
url=http://www.ego.com/us/nc/ilm/tts/ftfisher.htm
title=Fort Fisher: Last Major Stronghold of the Confederacy
publisher=North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

External links

*cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/moh/moh1.htm|accessdate=2006-12-23
title=Navy Medal of Honor: Civil War 1861-65
publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy

*cite journal|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3723/is_200209/ai_n9107501
title=On the frontlines: America's Hispanics in America's wars
journal=Army
date=Sep 2002
author=Gilberto Villahermosa

*cite journal|url=http://www.army.mil/soldiers/sept94/p52.html
title=Saluting Hispanic Soldiers
author=SFC Douglas Ide
journal=Soldiers
date=September 1994
issue=Volume 49, Number 9
publisher=U.S. Army
pages=page 52
format=dead link|date=June 2008 – ^{[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3ASaluting+Hispanic+Soldiers&as_publication=Soldiers&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]}

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SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
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