Richard Binder

Richard Binder (July 26, 1839 – February 26, 1912), birth name Richard Bigle,

Military career He enlisted in the Marine Corps on July 11, 1861. He served aboard a ship that sank during the Battle of Port Royal in November 1861. He served aboard several other ships and in 1864, he was assigned to the sloop-of-war USS Ticonderoga. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions aboard the USS Ticonderoga during the First Battle of Fort Fisher, December 24-25, 1864, and the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, January 13-15, 1865. The award presentation did not occur until the 1890s. and was interred in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Personal life In 1863, he married a woman named Frederika from the same village in the Kingdom of Württemberg. Together they had two children.