The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

HEALEY, GEORGE W.

Rank and Organization: Private, Company E, 5th Iowa Cavalry. Place and Date: At Newnan, Ga., 29 July 1864. Entered Service At: Dubuque, Iowa. Birth: Dubuque, Iowa. Date of Issue: 13 January 1899.

Citation:

When nearly surrounded by the enemy, captured a Confederate soldier, and with the aid of a comrade who joined him later, captured 4 other Confederate soldiers, disarmed the 5 prisoners, and brought them all into the Union lines.

 

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