PAYNE, THOMAS H. L.
Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Company E, 37th Illinois Infantry. Place
and Date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered Service At: Mendota, La
Salle County, Ill. Born: 5 October 1840, Boston, Mass. Date Of Issue: 1
April 1898.
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.