John Washington Payne
2d Kentucky Infantry, C.S.A.
Kentucky Historical Society/Military Museum

This photograph is one of more than one thousand photographs, carte de visites, and photographic reproductions featured in the exhibit. The subject, Private John Payne, was a native of Frankfort, Kentucky, and chief bugler for the 2d Kentucky Infantry. He captured the bugle shown in the photograph at the Battle of Hartsville and carried it throughout the remainder of the war, engraving the names of his regiment's battles on it.

Learn more about the Confederate encampment held in conjunction with this exhbit.

Note: A Kind of Nobility: The Kentucky Orphan Brigade was on display at the Kentucky Museum from February 2-July 31, 1999. This web site now functions as an online exhibit only. To learn more about this photograph, contact the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky. For information about other artifacts in the exhibit contact the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.

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