George W. Healey

Private · U.S. Army

Company E, 5th Iowa Cavalry

29 July 1864 · Newnan, Georgia

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Civil War
Home state: Iowa
Action: Newnan, Georgia

The citation

Official citation

When nearly surrounded by the enemy, captured a Confederate soldier, and with the aid of a comrade who joined him later, captured 4 other Confederate soldiers, disarmed the 5 prisoners, and brought them all into the Union lines.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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