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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N10_battle-of-raymond_Raymond-MS.html
By the time of the Civil War, the Natchez Trace had lost its significance as a national road. One of the sections ran from Port Gibson toward Jackson but the route veered from the original Trace to reach Raymond. In the spring of 1863, General U.S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMB_hinds-county-confederate-memorial_Raymond-MS.html
(Front Side)
Confederate
We of the South Remember,
We of the South Revere.
(Rear Side)
Erected by the people of Hinds County in grateful memory of their men who in 1861-65 gave or offered to give their lives for the maintenance of constit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLL_a-guide-to-the-campaign-trail_Raymond-MS.html
In April of 1861, rumors of Civil War became a reality at Charleston harbor when Fort Sumter was fired upon by Southern forces. Many leaders, both North and South, believed that a dash to capture the opposing side's capital city would bring a quic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLK_raymond-courthouse_Raymond-MS.html
Built, 1857-9, by the famous Weldon brothers with skilled slave labor crew. After the Battle of Raymond, fought 1 ΒΌ m. S.W. of here, May 12, 1863, this building served as a Confederate hospital.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLE_c-s-greggs-task-force_Raymond-MS.html
C.S. Gregg's Task Force
Brig. Gen. John Gregg
Gregg's Brigade
Col. Cyrus A. Sugg
3d Tennessee Infantry, Col. Calvin H. Walker
10th & 30th Tennessee Consolidated Infantry, Col. Randal MacGavock (K)
Lt. Col. James J. Turner
41st Tennessee Inf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLD_c-s-greggs-task-force_Raymond-MS.html
C.S. Gregg's Task Force
Miscellaneous Attached Units, May 12, 1863
1st Mississippi Battalion State Troops
Capt. James Hall
The 40-man detachment picketed the road to Utica and contested McPherson's advance, but was unable to penetrate the 160-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLC_c-s-bledsoes-missouri-battery-3-guns_Raymond-MS.html
C.S. Bledsoe's Missouri Battery (3 Guns),
Gregg's Task Force;
Capt. Hiram M. Bledsoe.
Around 9:30 a.m., May 12, 1863, Brig. Gen. John Gregg placed Captain Bledsoe's two 12-pounder smoothbores and one Whitworth rifle here on a knoll at the junct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLB_bledsoes-battery_Raymond-MS.html
Anticipating that the enemy would approach Raymond from both of these roads, Confederate General Gregg positioned Capt. Hiram Bledsoe's battery of three cannon and a battalion of infantry here to defend Raymond from either direction. However, on M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL9_confederate-cemetery_Raymond-MS.html
The Confederate Cemetery in Raymond contains the graves of 140 Confederate soldiers who were killed during the battle of Raymond on May 12, 1863, or who died as a result of their wounds. Most of the men were from Tennessee and Texas; many died in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL8_to-clinton-and-jackson_Raymond-MS.html
On May 12, 1863, two divisions of the XVII Corps marched from the Roach Farm on the Utica Road and defeated Gregg's Confederate brigade at Raymond. The next day, McPherson's men moved to Clinton and cut the railroad. Meanwhile, two divisions of th…