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Another Thompson work, through Louisiana Tech's McGinty Publications, is ''Israel Shreve: Revolutionary War Officer'', a 100-page [[biography]] of the father of Captain Henry Miller Shreve, the namesake of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana and the man who removed the log jam of the Red River. Israel Shreve, a [[Quaker]], fought in the [[American Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.latech.edu/publications/mcginty_publications.html|title=''Israel Shreve: Revolutionary War Officer''|publisher=history.latech.edu|accessdate=June 26, 2010}}</ref>Garnie William McGinty, for whom McGinty Publications is named, was Thompson's predecessor as Louisiana Tech history department chairman.

Another Thompson work, through Louisiana Tech's McGinty Publications, is ''Israel Shreve: Revolutionary War Officer'', a 100-page [[biography]] of the father of Captain Henry Miller Shreve, the namesake of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana and the man who removed the log jam of the Red River. Israel Shreve, a [[Quaker]], fought in the [[American Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.latech.edu/publications/mcginty_publications.html|title=''Israel Shreve: Revolutionary War Officer''|publisher=history.latech.edu|accessdate=June 26, 2010}}</ref>Garnie William McGinty, for whom McGinty Publications is named, was Thompson's predecessor as Louisiana Tech history department chairman.

   

   

Thompson was a scholar of the [[American Civil War]] and wrote about how the conflict impacted individual troops: "The American volunteer soldier, entering the battles of the Civil War, faced an entirely different situation [from today's modern soldier]. Ahead lay death from enemy bullets. Behind him plodded a medical bureau inadequately equipped in materiel, spirit, and vision to protect him from destruction by disease."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AbukIwp7y3YC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=birthplace+of+historian+william+y.+thompson&source=bl&ots=lQY0W6yYfu&sig=r33UC-cDLo3mPq8Sgo0PiNZmElk&hl=en&ei=H1omTOuHOMOB8gbF-Oj8Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Michael Horigan, ''Elmira: Death Camp of the North,'' p. 122|publisher=Google Books from Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, [[Pennsylvania]]|accessdate=June 26, 2010}}</ref>In 1956, he published "The U.S. Sanitary Commission,"  a study of the forerunner of the [[American Red Cross]], in the journal ''Civil War History.''<ref>William  Y. Thompson, "The U.S. Sanitary Commission," ''Civil War History'' 2 (June 1956), pp. 41-63</ref>In 1958, ''Civil War History'' published a second Thompson article, "Sanitary Fairs of the Civil War," a study of fund-raising activities to support the Sanitary Commission.<ref>William Y. Thompson, "Sanitary Fairs of the Civil War," ''Civil War History'' 4 (March 1958), pp.  51-67.</ref>   

Thompson was a scholar of the [[American Civil War]] and wrote about how the conflict impacted individual troops: "The American volunteer soldier, entering the battles of the Civil War, faced an entirely different situation [from today's modern soldier]. Ahead lay death from enemy bullets. Behind him plodded a medical bureau inadequately equipped in materiel, spirit, and vision to protect him from destruction by disease."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbukIwp7y3YC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=birthplace+of+historian+william+y.+thompson&source=bl&ots=lQY0W6yYfu&sig=r33UC-cDLo3mPq8Sgo0PiNZmElk&hl=en&ei=H1omTOuHOMOB8gbF-Oj8Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Michael Horigan, ''Elmira: Death Camp of the North,'' p. 122|publisher=Google Books from Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, [[Pennsylvania]]|accessdate=June 26, 2010}}</ref>In 1956, he published "The U.S. Sanitary Commission,"  a study of the forerunner of the [[American Red Cross]], in the journal ''Civil War History.''<ref>William  Y. Thompson, "The U.S. Sanitary Commission," ''Civil War History'' 2 (June 1956), pp. 41-63</ref>In 1958, ''Civil War History'' published a second Thompson article, "Sanitary Fairs of the Civil War," a study of fund-raising activities to support the Sanitary Commission.<ref>William Y. Thompson, "Sanitary Fairs of the Civil War," ''Civil War History'' 4 (March 1958), pp.  51-67.</ref>   

   

   

In 1980, on the basis of "extraordinary service and performance in the areas of teaching, research, and/or service to the campus community and the public sector," Thompson was awarded a Louisiana Tech Foundation professorship through an anonymous vote of his colleagues. There is also an endowed professorship named for Thompson's colleague in the history department, John David Winters (1916-1997), author of ''The Civil War in Louisiana'' (1963).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/faculty-staff/facultyawards/universityfoundation.shtml|title=University Foundation Professorships|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}</ref> The William Y. Thompson Endowed Scholarship at Louisiana Tech is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:drnkeMkoIjQJ:www.latech.edu/faculty-staff/facultyawards/bor_endowed_chairs.shtml+William+Y.+Thompson+(historian)&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Endowed Professorships|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}

In 1980, on the basis of "extraordinary service and performance in the areas of teaching, research, and/or service to the campus community and the public sector," Thompson was awarded a Louisiana Tech Foundation professorship through an anonymous vote of his colleagues. There is also an endowed professorship named for Thompson's colleague in the history department, John David Winters (1916-1997), author of ''The Civil War in Louisiana'' (1963).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/faculty-staff/facultyawards/universityfoundation.shtml|title=University Foundation Professorships|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}</ref> The William Y. Thompson Endowed Scholarship at Louisiana Tech is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:drnkeMkoIjQJ:www.latech.edu/faculty-staff/facultyawards/bor_endowed_chairs.shtml+William+Y.+Thompson+(historian)&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Endowed Professorships|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}