The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Jesse T. Barrick, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on May 26 – 2 June 1863, while serving with Company H, 3d Minnesota Infantry, in action at Duck River, Tennessee. While on a scout Corporal Barrick captured single-handed two desperate Confederate guerrilla officers who were together and well armed at the time.