Career
Lear enlisted for a three-year term in the United States Navy in August 1862, and was assigned to the Union ironclad United States Ship (1862).
Lear enlisted for a three-year term in the United States Navy in August 1862, and was assigned to the Union ironclad United States Ship (1862).
When the enemy came out of his bombproofs to defend the fort against the storming party, the ships battery disabled nearly every gun on the fort facing the shore before the ceasefire order was given by the flagship.