Unit/Command: Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 2, 1863
Medal of Honor Action Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Medal of Honor Recipient George W. Mears
Additional Details
Accredited to: Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: February 16, 1897
Born: January 3, 1843, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA, United States
Died: November 24, 1921, Bloomsburg, PA, United States
Buried: Old Rosemont Cemetery (MH), Bloomsburg, PA, United States