William H. F. Payne

William H. F. Payne

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name= William H. F. Payne
lived= January 27, 1830 – death date and age|1904|3|29|1830|1|27
placeofbirth= Fauquier County, Virginia
placeofdeath= Washington, D.C.


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allegiance= Confederate States of America
serviceyears= 1861–65
rank= Brigadier General
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battles=American Civil War
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William Henry Fitzhugh Payne (January 27, 1830 – March 29, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

William Payne was born in Fauquier County, Virginia to Arthur Alexander Morson Payne and Mary Conway Mason Fitzhugh. He attended the Virginia Military Institute in 1846-47, but left school after only one year. He was declared an honorary graduate by the Board of Visitors in 1873.

Payne studied law at the University of Virginia and established a law practice in Warrenton, Virginia in 1851. The following year, he married his cousin, Mary Elizabeth Winston Payne; the couple would have ten children. He served as the Commonwealth's Attorney for Fauquier County for several years.

Civil War

Payne enrolled in early 1861 as a private and participated in the occupation of Harpers Ferry in April. Later in the year, he became a captain in the famed Black Horse Cavalry, serving as under J.E.B. Stuart. He was promoted to major of the 4th Virginia Cavalry and commanded the regiment at the Battle of Williamsport during the Peninsula Campaign. He was severely wounded and captured by Union forces.

After being exchanged, he returned to duty as the lieutenant colonel of the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry and fought in the Chancellorsville Campaign. During the subsequent Gettysburg Campaign, he was captured at the Battle of Hanover in 1863 after being dehorsed and falling into an open vat of tanning liquid.

After being imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, he was promoted to brigadier general in November 1864 and led a brigade in Early's Valley Campaigns of 1864, where he fought in the battles of Opequon, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Five Forks. During the final operations in early 1865 around Richmond, he commanded a cavalry brigade under Thomas T. Munford.

Postbellum

After the war, Payne returned to his Virginia law practice. He was the general counsel for the Southern Railway Company. Payne served in the legislature of Virginia in the session of 1879–80.

He died in Washington, D.C..

References

* [http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=5647 "VMI's Civil War Generals - William H. Payne, Class of 1849."] "Virginia Military Institute".
* [http://www.bigcountry.de/index.php?Seite=/generale_der_konfoederierten_armee_n-r.htm "Generals of the Confederate Army."] "BigCountry.de".
* [http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/payne.htm "Brigadier General William Henry Fitzhugh Payne."] "The Virginia Civil War Home Page".


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