Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Trumpeter Isaac Payne received the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 25, 1875 at Pecos River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Indian Scouts. Payne was about 21 years old.
2 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on May 28, 1875.
Payne was born in 1854 in Mexico — one of 8 recipients born in Mexico. His Medal of Honor is credited to Fort Duncan, Maverick County, Texas. Payne died on January 12, 1904 in Brackettsville, Texas, at the age of about 50. He is buried at Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery in Brackettville, Texas.
Payne is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 78 credited to Texas.
Official Medal of Honor citation
With three other men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars.
Places
Timeline
- 1854Born in Mexico
- April 25, 1875Act of valor — Pecos River, TexasAge about 21. Indian Scouts
- May 28, 1875Medal of Honor presented
- January 12, 1904Died in Brackettsville, TexasAge about 50.
- Resting placeSeminole Indian Scout CemeteryBrackettville, Texas
Biography
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.
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