Isaac Payne

Infobox Military Person
name=Isaac Payne
born= 1854
died= death year and age|1904|1854
placeofbirth=Mexico
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allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Army
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rank=Trumpeter
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unit=U.S. Army Indian Scouts
battles=Indian Wars
awards=Medal of Honor
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Isaac Payne (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 and became known as 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 died at age 49 or 50 and 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.

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|7416041 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

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NAME= Payne, Isaac
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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