Thomas Anderson
Born: July 12, 1841 at Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Wheeling, West Virginia
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: May 3, 1865
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Thomas Anderson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 8 April 1865, while serving with Company I, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, in action at Appomattox Station, Virginia, for the capture of a Confederate flag.