[ Medal of Honor Citation ] Sergeant Charles Augustus Thompson Organization:    Company D, 17th Michigan Infantry Entered Service:   Kalamazoo, Mich. Birth:   1843, Perrysburg, Ohio. Date Medal Issued:   27 July 1896. Date of Action:   12 May 1864. Place of Action:   Spotsylvania, Va. 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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