Thomas W. Bradley

Through fierce fire he charged alone to save the whole line!

Thomas Wilson Bradley was born in Sheffield, England, on 6 April 1844 and came to serve in the Union Army with Company H, 124th New York Infantry. He was a sergeant when he performed the act that later brought him the Medal of Honor.

At Chancellorsville on 3 May 1863, his regiment was under heavy musketry and canister fire and ammunition became urgently needed. Bradley volunteered to go forward alone to obtain it. He completed the task despite the concentrated fire, an act of initiative that helped sustain the fighting line.

Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): At Chancellorsville, Bradley voluntarily went alone through heavy musketry and canister fire to secure badly needed ammunition for his comrades.

Bradley received the Medal of Honor on 10 June 1896. He later continued in public life and died on 30 May 1920; he was buried at Wallkill Valley Cemetery in Walden, New York. Sources differ on how to summarize his highest later military rank, so this biography identifies the well-documented action rank and leaves the existing rank metadata unchanged.