United States of America
U.S. Army · United States 
George W. Mears
Sergeant
1843 – 1921
Sergeant George W. Mears served the U.S. Army. George was 78 years old.
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U.S. Army
Sergeant
Medal of Honor
2 July 1863 · At Gettysburg, Pa. · Sergeant, Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves.
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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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
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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