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Medal of Honor Recipient - THOMPSON, CHARLES A.

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Back to:   Civil War Medal of Honor Index   General Index

    Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company D, 17th Michigan Infantry.
    Place and date:   At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864.

    Entered service at:   Kalamazoo, Mich. Born: 1843, Perrysburg, Ohio.

    Date of issue:   27 July 1896.

    Citation:   After the regiment was surrounded and all resistance seemed useless, fought single-handed for the colors and refused to give them up until he had appealed to his superior officers.

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