And in the Marines as well.
ISAAC N. FRY
Orderly sergeant USS Ticonderoga. Received it June 22, 1865.
Captain of a gun on board the ship. Performed duties with skill and courage directing well-placed fire upon the batteries to the left of the palisades, reducing fir power of Confederate guns firing on the Naval Column.
RICHARD BINDER (BIGLE)
Born 1840 in Philadelphia, Pa. on USS Ticondroga.
despite heavy return fire and the explosion of the 100-pdr Parrott Rifle which killed 8 and wounded 12, Sgt. Binder, as captain of the gun, performed his duties with skill and courage, directing his fire at the Mound which had turned its guns on the assaulting column.
Of 17 Civil War Medals of Honor presented to Marines, Six of them were at Fort Fisher.
One Hard-Fought Battle. --Old B-Runner
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