U.S Army surgeon J.D. Irwin led the first Medal of Honor action on this day in history, Feb. 13, 1861. He helped rescue 60 trapped soldiers and a kidnapped boy from Apaches.
"Accustomed to using his medical skills to save lives, Irwin was determined to now use his military skills to save his comrades," the outlet notes. Cochise , American Apache chief. Undated copy of a painting.
What followed on Feb. 13 in Apache Pass, Arizona, was an act of tactical ingenuity in the face of overwhelming odds. "With a carefully laid out plan and maximum placement of his 14 men, Irwin succeeded in convincing the Indian warriors that he had arrived with a much larger force, causing them to withdraw," HomeofHeroes.com reports.
Charles Bateman starred as Lt. Bernard Irwin, the U.S. Army doctor who was the first recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, in"The Hero of Apache Pass," an episode of the TV series"Death Valley Days," 1967., Ireland, in 1830 and moved to the United States sometime in the 1840s. He served as a battlefield surgeon of renown in the Civil War, most notably in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. He was at one point during the war captured and briefly held prisoner by Confederate forces. Irwin ultimately achieved the rank of brigadier general.
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