Payne, John E.

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American cattle rancher.

From the description of Papers, 1893-1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547123

Veteran of the Civil War and agent of the Freedmen's Bureau.

John Payne joined the Union army as a private in the 15th Regiment Iowa Infantry. Appointed second lieutenant to the 10th Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent, he served as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General J.R. Hawkins of the 3rd Brigade, First Division, of U.S. Colored Troops. He took part in numerous military campaigns throughout the South, in Mississippi and Alabama, including the victorious battle of Blakely which led to the evacuation of Mobile, Alabama, by the Confederate army. After the war, he worked as an agent of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands in Mississippi. John Payne lived in Harrisburg, Indiana, before the Civil War and was raised as an orphan by his uncles Samuel and William Rees and by the family of William Thomas.

From the description of John Payne Civil War collection, 1858-1923. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164236

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