Medal of Honor
July 2, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
The Citation
Sources ↓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 & record notes
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- George W. Mears — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000960
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Bloomsburgh, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b0881b3e17967b8994bb865605d5bd4d3b980bbcf06f8ddab483f29474b403d7
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