
U.S. Army
Healey, George Washington
ConflictCivil War
RankCorporal
Year of Action1864
Unit/CommandCompany E, 5th Iowa Cavalry
HometownDubuque, Iowa
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.
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