10 Facts About Thomas Boyne

Thomas Boyne was discharged in March 1866 near Brownsville, Texas, and ten months later, joined the 40th Infantry under the name Thomas Bowen.

In 1879, Thomas Boyne was serving as a Sergeant in Company C of the 9th Cavalry in New Mexico.

Thomas Boyne's troop was in pursuit of Chief Victorio just prior to the Victorio's War.

Thomas Boyne was cited for "[b]ravery in action" at the Mimbres Mountains on May 29,1879, and at the Cuchillo Negro River near Ojo Caliente on September 27,1879.

For those actions, Sergeant Thomas Boyne was awarded the Medal of Honor on January 6,1882.

Thomas Boyne had participated in eight of his regiment's fourteen engagements with Apaches when he initiated his request for a medal in 1880.

Thomas Boyne reenlisted into the 25th Infantry in July 1885 and was stationed in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory.

Thomas Boyne developed a hernia in Montana in 1888 while supervising a wood-gathering detail and the Army discharged him in January 1889 with a disability pension.

Thomas Boyne moved into the US Soldiers' Home and died on April 21,1896, of consumption.

Thomas Boyne was buried at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington, DC.