Theodore Safford Peck
Born: March 22, 1843 at Burlington, Vermont
Home Town: Burlington, Vermont
Date of Issue: September 8, 1891
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Theodore Safford Peck, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 February 1864, while serving with Company H, 9th Vermont Infantry, in action at Newport Barracks, North Carolina. By long and persistent resistance and burning the bridges, First Lieutenant Peck kept a superior force of the enemy at bay and covered the retreat of the garrison.
