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Irvin C. Payne

Corporal Irvin C. Payne, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War April 6, 1865

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Corporal Irvin C. Payne received the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 6, 1865 at Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company M, 2d New York Cavalry. Payne was about 35 years old.

59 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on May 3, 1865. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant.

Payne was born in 1830 in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York. Payne died on April 3, 1887 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, at the age of about 57. He is buried at Dunmore Cemetery in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

Payne is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 678 credited to New York.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of Virginia state colors.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1830
    Born in Wayne County, Pennsylvania
  2. April 6, 1865
    Act of valor — Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia
    Age about 35. Company M, 2d New York Cavalry
  3. May 3, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 3, 1887
    Died in Dunmore, Pennsylvania
    Age about 57.
  5. Resting place
    Dunmore Cemetery
    Dunmore, Pennsylvania

Also honored for actions on April 6, 1865

JB John Francis Benjamin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 OB Orrin Bennett Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Hugh Patterson Boon Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 Lewis Francis Brest Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AB Andrew Bringle Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 IC Ivers S. Calkin First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Chapman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AC Albert Adams Clapp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 TC Trustrim Connell Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 FC Francis Marion Cunningham First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 TD Thomas Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865

See all 60 recipients for April 6, 1865 →

More Civil War recipients from New York

Edwin Goodrich First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Maurice Wagg Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862 JI Joseph Irlam Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JD John C. Donnelly Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 AD Andrew Davidson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 GB Gurdon H. Barter Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.