William Henry Fitzhugh PAYNE

January 27, 1830 (age 74)

Clifton, New South Wales, Australia

Young Payne attended the University of Missouri and Virginia Military Institute, from which he graduated in 1849. He was a Democrat. He married Mary Elizabeth Winston Payne, daughter of W. Winter Payne on September 29, 1852. They had ten children. Payne studied law at the University of Virginia and became a lawyer in 1850. He was commonwealth’s attorney for Fauquier County from 1852 to 1861. When Virginia seceded, he entered the Confederate Army as a captain of the Black Horse Cavalry. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Williamsburg during the Peninsular campaign of 1862 but recovered and was soon exchanged. He participated in J.E.B. Stuart’s raid into Pennsylvania the following fall. In June 1863, he was again wounded and taken prisoner while he held Warrenton, Virginia, against attack. He was again exchanged. After serving in Early’s Valley campaign during the summer of 1864, he served at Cedar Creek in October. Payne was promoted to brigadier general on November 1, 1864. He was wounded a third time at the battle of Five Forks during the siege of Richmond on April I, 1865. Payne was captured in Warrenton and spent fourteen months in federal prisons. Upon his release in May 1866, he practiced law in Warrenton. He served in the Virginia House in 1879. In the 1880s, Payne moved to Washington, D.C., where he became counsel for the Southern Railroad.

William Henry Fitzhugh PAYNE

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PAYNE, William Henry Fitzhugh was born on January 27, 1830 in Clifton, Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, United States. Son of Arthur Alexander and Mary Conway Mason (Fitzhugh) Payne. His father was a breeder of fine horses.

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Private school, southern university. University of Virginia.

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Young Payne attended the University of Missouri and Virginia Military Institute, from which he graduated in 1849. He was a Democrat. He married Mary Elizabeth Winston Payne, daughter of W. Winter Payne on September 29, 1852. They had ten children.

Payne studied law at the University of Virginia and became a lawyer in 1850. He was commonwealth’s attorney for Fauquier County from 1852 to 1861. When Virginia seceded, he entered the Confederate Army as a captain of the Black Horse Cavalry.

He was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Williamsburg during the Peninsular campaign of 1862 but recovered and was soon exchanged. He participated in J.E.B. Stuart’s raid into Pennsylvania the following fall. In June 1863, he was again wounded and taken prisoner while he held Warrenton, Virginia, against attack.

He was again exchanged. After serving in Early’s Valley campaign during the summer of 1864, he served at Cedar Creek in October. Payne was promoted to brigadier general on November 1, 1864.

He was wounded a third time at the battle of Five Forks during the siege of Richmond on April I, 1865. Payne was captured in Warrenton and spent fourteen months in federal prisons. Upon his release in May 1866, he practiced law in Warrenton.

He served in the Virginia House in 1879. In the 1880s, Payne moved to Washington, D.C., where he became counsel for the Southern Railroad.

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"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.

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Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.

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Spouse Mary Elizabeth Winston Payne.

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