Stephen Thomas
Born: December 6, 1809 at Bethel, Vermont
Home Town: West Fairlee, Vermont
Date of Issue: July 25, 1892
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Colonel (Infantry) Stephen Thomas, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 October 1864, while serving with 8th Vermont Infantry, in action at Cedar Creek, Virginia, for distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, in which the advance of the enemy was checked.
