Civil War
George W. Mears
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
2 July 1863 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Battle of Gettysburg
The citation
Official citation
With five volunteers he gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
