[ Medal of Honor Citation ] Sergeant George W Mears Organization:    Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves Entered Service:   Bloomsburgh, Pa. Birth:   Bloomsburgh, Pa. Date Medal Issued:   16 February 1897. Date of Action:   2 July 1863. Place of Action:   Gettysburg, Pa. 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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