THOMPSON, WILLIAM P. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company G, 20th Indiana Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Tippecanoe County, Ind.

Birth:   Brooklyn, N.Y.

Date of issue:   1 December 1864.

Citation:   Capture of flag of 55th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)