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Black Seminole scouts rescue commander from Comanches
On this day in 1875, three Black Seminole scouts earned the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action. Pompey Factor, Isaac Payne, and John Ward, along with their commander, Lt. John Lapham Bullis of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry, were pursuing a band of twenty-five or thirty Comanche Indians near Langtry. The scouts dismounted, crept up on the Indians, and opened fire. They killed three and wounded another before withdrawing to their horses because they were in danger of being surrounded. Bullis was unable to mount because his horse had broken away. The three scouts turned back into the face of hostile Indian fire, mounted Bullis behind them, and alternately carried him to safety.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- FACTOR, POMPEY
- PAYNE, ISAAC
- WARD, JOHN
- BLACK SEMINOLE SCOUTS
- TWENTY-FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY
- BULLIS, JOHN LAPHAM
- EAGLE NEST CREEK
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