U.S. Army
Mears, George W.ConflictCivil War
Year of Action1863
Unit/CommandCompany A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
HometownBloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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.
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