The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

PECK, THEODORE S.

Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Company H, 9th Vermont Infantry. Place and Date: At Newport Barracks, N.C., 2 February 1864. Entered Service At: Burlington, Vt. Birth: Burlington, Vt. Date Of Issue: 8 September 1891.

Citation:

By long and persistent resistance and burning the bridges, kept a superior force of the enemy at bay and covered the retreat of the garrison.

 

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