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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas W. Thompson

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001151Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 2, 1863

Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

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One of a party of 4 who voluntarily brought into the Union lines, under fire, a wounded Confederate officer from whom was obtained valuable information concerning the enemy.
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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.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Thomas W. Thompson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001157
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
32721a2ff726eecad295645eb0f1b3094fd3608c78d8d4a389b9fe7eccdfe755

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited Thomas Thompson candidates were stale. Controlled archival reference search recovered the current Thomas W Thompson profile. The added middle initial, current URL, failed inherited candidates, citation rendering, provenance, and checksums remain preserved without creating a second identity.

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