Served under General J.E.B. Stuart in the famous Black Horse Cavalry

Severely wounded and captured at Williamsburg, Va. in May 1862

Wounded and captured at Hanover, Pa. in the Gettysburg Campaign in July 1863

Badly wounded at the Battle of Five Forks, Va., and captured in April 1865 on the same night of the Lincoln Assassination

(1830-1904) Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1849, and the following year from the University of Virginia where he studied law, and established a law practice in Warrenton, in 1851. He served as the Commonwealth's Attorney for Fauquier County. Payne enlisted in early 1861 as a private, and participated in the occupation of Harpers Ferry, Va., in April during the first days of the war. Later in the year, he became a captain in the famed Black Horse Cavalry, serving under General J.E.B. Stuart. He was promoted to major of the 4th Virginia Cavalry, and commanded the regiment at the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., where he was severely wounded and captured by Union forces. After being exchanged, he returned to duty as lieutenant colonel and fought in the Chancellorsville Campaign, and during the subsequent Gettysburg Campaign, he was captured at the Battle of Hanover, just outside of Gettysburg. He was thrown from his horse and awkwardly landed into a nearby open vat of tanning liquid. He was imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, and after his release he was promoted to brigadier general, in November 1864. Payne led a brigade in General Jubal A. Early's Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864, where he fought in the battles of Opequon, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. During the final operations in early 1865 around Richmond, he commanded a cavalry brigade under General Fitzhugh Lee, and was badly wounded at Five Forks in April 1865. Unable to move to join his command, he fell into the hands of the Yankees on the same night that President Lincoln was assassinated in Washington. During his two incarcerations at Johnson's Island Prison, Payne spent more than 14 months there. On his final stay there he was released on May 29, 1865. After the war, Payne returned to his Virginia law practice, and was the general counsel for the Southern Railway Company. He was elected to the Virginia State Legislature in the session of 1879–80. He died in Washington, D.C. on March 29, 1904, and is buried in Warrenton, Va.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. The corners of the card mount are very slightly trimmed. Bust view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general. General Payne sat for this image in the winter months of 1864-65. Prior to 1991, this was an unpublished view of him. A copy of this photo is now in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. Light foxing. Back mark: Selby & Dulany, Booksellers and Stationers, 332 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Rare and very desirable image of this gallant Confederate general who was wounded 3 times, and captured 3 times, in The War Between the States!