George W. Mears
Born: January 3, 1843 at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Date of Issue: February 16, 1897
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant George W. Mears, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves, in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. With five volunteers Sergeant Mears gallantly charged on a number of the enemy’s sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.
