Career
Born in 1848 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Peck was still living in that city when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a second class boy on the United States Ship Varuna. At the Battle of Forts Jackson and Saint Philip near New Orleans on April 24, 1862, Varuna was rammed twice by the Confederate steamer Computer Software Systems Governor Moore (formerly known as the Charles Morgan) and eventually sunk.
Peck acted as a powder boy and "served gallantly" throughout the close-range fight.
Peck died on October 23, 1906, at age 57 or 58 and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.
