WAR TIMES: Recollections of Raymond Eye witness account of the Battle of Raymond, Estelle Trichell Oltrogge by Rebecca Blackwell Drake The year was 1863 and Estelle Trichell was like any other six-year-old in Raymond. She attended church and played with other children in town. On occasion, she accompanied her mother to St. Marks Episcopal Church […]
BURYING A BROTHER: Victor and Howard Stevens by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Captain Victor Stevens Co. H, 20th Illinois Infantry The sun was boiling over the battlefield in Raymond as Private Howard Stevens set about the grim task of burying his brother, Captain Victor Stevens. He looked around the battlefield for some pine wood to build […]
The Battle of Raymond by T. B. Riggin, Hall’s Scouts Memorial Day Address, Raymond Confederate Cemetery From the Hinds County Gazette Friday, May 21, 1909 Hall’s Scouts, commanded by Sgt. Robert N. Hall, was composed primarily of teenagers who were too young to join the Confederate Army. Sgt. Hall fought with the 12th Mississippi Infantry […]
The Diary of Flavel C. Barber 3rd Tennessee Infantry Diary excerpts and photograph courtesy of Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. The Barber Papers, including the diary, are housed in the manuscripts collection of this library. Barber’s diary, Holding the Line, was edited by Robert Ferrell, Distinguished Professor of History at Indiana University, in 1994 […]
Mary Gay: Visits Granbury’s Brigade By Rebecca Blackwell Drake Mary Gay’s book, Life in Dixie During the War, published in 1893, was thought to have inspired Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone With The Wind. Mitchell’s book sold one million copies in 1936 and later became the most popular ‘movie of the century.’ In the years following […]
E. T. Broughton: “Among the Missing” By Rebecca Blackwell Drake In spite of undergoing intense fighting, difficult defeats, two imprisonments, and life threatening illnesses, Colonel Broughton from Kaufman County, Texas, remained faithful to the Confederate cause until the bitter end. He was one of the few soldiers from the 7th Texas to survive the war. […]
Waverly: Grant’s Headquarters by Rebecca Blackwell Drake During the Battle of Raymond, General U.S. Grant selected Waverly, as his headquarters. Located on what is now the Raymond-Clinton Road, the home provided the perfect location for the Yankee general and his men. The history of Waverly goes back to 1829 when John B. Peyton and […]
The Exploits of Patrick Griffin: “He Must Have Been Irish” By Rebecca Blackwell Drake Patrick Griffin was a child soldier when he joined the Sons of Erin, Nashville, and left for war. During his first year as a Confederate solider he ended up in prison at Camp Douglas. The next year found him fighting on […]
Edward Thomas Broughton Edward Thomas Broughton II was born in Monroe County, Alabama, on April 13, 1834. He was the son of Edward T. Broughton and Rachel Winborne Walker. E. T. Broughton was described as a man of fine appearance, nearly six-feet tall, erect and commanding. Broughton studied to become a lawyer and after passing […]
“Fighting Bishop” Visits Raymond by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Bishop Leonidas Polk, later known as “The Fighting Bishop”, visited with Episcopalians in Raymond two decades before St. Mark’s was erected. In 1861, Bishop Polk enlisted in the Confederate Army and was killed in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. In the spring of 1839, everything was buzzing […]
Waverly: Grant’s Headquarters by Rebecca Blackwell Drake During the Battle of Raymond, General U.S. Grant selected Waverly, as his headquarters. Located on what is now the Raymond-Clinton Road, the home provided the perfect location for the Yankee general and his men. The history of Waverly goes back to 1829 when John B. Peyton and his […]
Brothers Fight In The Battle Of Raymond Historical documents show that at least seven pairs of brothers fought on the Raymond Battlefield. Most likely, there were others but the following are the only ones known to date. by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Morris (Mo) and William (Willie) Fitzgerald, Irish immigrants, were raising their own kind of […]
“They Said I was a Hero” By Rebecca Blackwell Drake Located on a hillside in the Raymond cemetery is a small and simple headstone that states, “Jerry Ross, Born a Slave 1839-1903, A Faithful Slave – A True Friend”. The headstone was erected by a Confederate veteran, Henry Clay Sharkey, who served as a private […]
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