Pompey Factor

Pompey Factor

Infobox Military Person
name=Pompey Factor
born= 1849
died= death year and age|1928|1849
placeofbirth=Arkansas
placeofdeath=
placeofburial=


caption=Private Pompey Factor
nickname=
allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Army
serviceyears=
rank=Private
commands=
unit=U.S. Army Indian Scouts
battles=Indian Wars
awards=Medal of Honor
laterwork=

Pompey Factor (1849 – 1928) 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

Factor and other Black Seminoles joined the Army as "Seminole Negro Indian Scouts". On April 25 1875, he was serving as a private 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, Factor was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the engagement. Two of the other men who took part in the charge, Isaac Payne and John Ward, both Black Seminoles, also received Medals of Honor.

Factor died at age 78 or 79 and was buried at the Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery in Brackettville, Texas.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts. Place and date: At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875. Entered service at:------. Birth: Arkansas. Date of issue: 28 May 1875.

Citation:

:With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.

ee also

*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

*findagrave|18148 Retrieved on 2007-01-15
*cite web
publisher = U.S. Army Center of Military History
title = Indian War Period Medal of Honor Recipients
work = Medal of Honor Citations
date = 2005-04-19
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/indianwars.html
accessdate = 2007-01-15

Persondata
NAME= Factor, Pompey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH= 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH= Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH= 1928
PLACE OF DEATH=


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