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Sergeant · U.S. Army

Thomas W. Thompson

Sergeant Thomas W. Thompson, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 2, 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 2, 1863

Sergeant Thomas W. Thompson, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 2, 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry. Thompson was 23 years old.

11 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 16, 1892, 29 years after the action.

Thompson was born on May 27, 1839 in Champaign County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. Thompson died on March 25, 1927 in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, at the age of 87. He is buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. His medal is held by Champaign County Historical Museum (1904 design), Urbana, OH.

Thompson is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

One of a party of four who voluntarily brought into the Union lines, under fire, a wounded Confederate officer from whom was obtained valuable information concerning the enemy.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. May 27, 1839
    Born in Champaign County, Ohio
  2. May 2, 1863
    Act of valor — Chancellorsville, Virginia
    Age 23. Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry
  3. July 16, 1892
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. March 25, 1927
    Died in Mechanicsburg, Ohio
    Age 87.
  5. Resting place
    Maple Grove Cemetery
    Mechanicsburg, Ohio

Also honored for actions on May 2, 1863

RB Robert M. Boody Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 FB Felix Brannigan Private · Army Civil War · 1863 William Wallace Cranston Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Hubert Dilger Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 JG Joseph Gion Private · Army Civil War · 1863 HH Henry Heller Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 EJ Eugene Philip Jacobson Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Nelson Appleton Miles Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 ES Elisha B. Seaman Private · Army Civil War · 1863 CT Clifford Thomson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 WT William Gardner Tracy Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863

More Civil War recipients from Ohio

Henry Blanchard Freeman First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 JG Joseph Olds Gregg Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JH Joseph S. Hedges First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 William Henry Powell Major · Army Civil War · 1862 WL William Henry Longshore Private · Army Civil War · 1863 William M. Houlton Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.