George Prance [SEP] conflict
George Prance
George Prance (1827 – April 3, 1885) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.
Military service.
Immigrating from his native France, Prance volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Union sloop-of-war . His enlistment is credited to the state of Massachusetts.
On January 15, 1865, the North Carolina Confederate
last evening on the remains of George Prance, who shot himself yesterday at the Park House, Temescal. The jury found that the deceased was a native of France, single, sixty years of age, and that he came to his death from a bullet wound, inflicted with suicidal intent. Prance had been employed on a dredger in the Oakland harbor, and lately had been drinking heavily. He was a member of the George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. It is believed that his suicide was occasioned by the failure