George Bache
| George Mifflin Bache | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 12, 1841 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | February 11, 1896 (aged 55) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Buried | Oak Hill Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
|
| Service/ |
 United States Navy
|
| Years of service | 1855–1875 |
| Rank |
 Commander
|
| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
George Mifflin Bache, Jr. (November 12, 1841 – February 11, 1896), was an officer in the United States Navy, fighting on the Union side in the American Civil War and continuing to serve for a decade after the war's end. The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Bache was named for him.
He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Lt. George Mifflin Bache, USN (1811-1846), and Elizabeth Catherine Patterson. He was the grandson of Richard Bache, Jr., who served in the Republic of Texas navy and was an elected representative in the Texas legislature, and Sophia Burrell Dallas, daughter of Arabella Maria Smith and Alexander James Dallas, who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison.
He was also a great-grandson of Sarah Franklin Bache and Richard Bache, and a great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, as well as a nephew of George Mifflin Dallas, the 11th Vice President of the United States, serving under James K. Polk.
His uncles included Alexander Dallas Bache, Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, and Admiral David Dixon Porter.
His father was killed in 1846, swept overboard during a gale while in command of the brig Washington, but despite this Bache joined the Navy in August 1855, serving as captain's clerk aboard the sloop Saratoga until May 1857. He then briefly served aboard the Coast Survey schooner Nautilus, as acting-master's mate under the command of Lieutenant Richard Wainwright, another uncle by marriage, before entering the Naval Academy on 19 November 1857 with the rank of acting-midshipman. He graduated on 1 June 1861, just after the outbreak of the Civil War, with the rank of midshipman.
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