Isaac Payne
Isaac Payne | |
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Born | c. 1854 Mexico |
Died | 1904 (aged 49–50) Mexico |
Place of burial | Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery Brackettville, Texas |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1871 - 1876, 1877 - 1901 |
Rank | Trumpeter |
Unit | Black Seminole Scouts, 24th Infantry Regiment |
Battles/wars | American Indian Wars |
Awards | Medal of Honor |
Isaac Payne, or Isaac Paine, (c. 1854–1904) was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
Biography
Payne and other Black Seminoles enlisted in the army October 1871 and became known as one of the Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts. On April 25, 1875, he was serving as a trumpeter by the Pecos River in Texas where, "[w]ith 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol."
A month later, on May 28, 1875, Payne was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the engagement. Two of the other men who took part in the charge, Pompey Factor and John Ward, both Black Seminoles, also received Medals of Honor.
Payne was discharged in January 1901, and moved back to Mexico, where he lived until his death at age 49 or 50.[1] He was buried at the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery in Brackettville, Texas.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Trumpeter, Indian Scouts. Place and date: At Pecos River, Tex., April 25, 1875. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Mexico. Date of issue: May 28, 1875.
Citation:
With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
See also
- Adam Paine
- List of Medal of Honor recipients
- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
- List of African American Medal of Honor recipients
- List of Native American Medal of Honor recipients
References
- ^ Texas State Cemetery Profile
External links
- "Isaac Payne". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- "Indian War Period Medal of Honor recipients". Medal of Honor citations. United States Army Center of Military History. 2005-04-19. Archived from the original on 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
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- Edward L. Baker Jr.
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- Clinton Greaves
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- George Jordan
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- Adam Paine
- Isaac Payne
- Thomas Shaw
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- William H. Thompkins
- Augustus Walley
- George H. Wanton
- John Ward
- Moses Williams
- William Othello Wilson
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