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U.S. Army

Mears, George W.

ConflictCivil War

Rank

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.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1863