Ward received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor.

[2] Ward was born in Romney, West Virginia, and entered service in Decatur, Illinois.

He died at his home in Anaconda, Montana on March 30, 1924, and was buried in Upper Hill Cemetery.

[1][2][3] The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Thomas J.

Ward, United States Army, for gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863, while serving with Company C, 116th Illinois Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.