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Thomas H.L. Payne

Civil War
First Lieutenant, Company E, 37th Illinois Infantry, U.S. Army. Awarded for action at Fort Blakely, AL.
April 09, 1865

Citation: While acting regimental quartermaster, learning of an expected assault, requested assignment to a company that had no commissioned officers present; was so assigned, and was one of the first to lead his men into the enemy's works.