George C. Spear, Jr.

In 1860 he was a 37 year old clerk in Philadelphia, PA. He was appointed Major of the 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry on 21 April 1862 for 3 month service, then re-mustered for 3 years on 2 August. He transferred along with 4 Companies of the 23rd and mustered into the 61st Pennsylvania Infantry as Lieutenant Colonel 6 March 1862. He was promoted to Colonel on 1 June 1862.

He was in command of the regiment in Maryland.

He was killed in action at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863.

His service information from Bates1 with further detail from his gravesite on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph in the History of the Twenty third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1904).

He married Susannah Grew (1823-1849) in April 1844. He probably married again, Mary Loper, by 1860.

1822 in PA

05/03/1863; Chancellorsville, VA; burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA