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) George White Hooker, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 14 September 1862, while serving with Company E, 4th Vermont Infantry, in action at South Mountain, Maryland. First Lieutenant Hooker rode alone, in advance of his regiment, into the enemy’s lines, and before his own men came up received the surrender of the major of a Confederate regiment, together with the colors and 116 men.