~ A First Hand Account ~ By Rebecca Blackwell Drake Mary Smith Dabney Ware From A New World Through Old Eyes, published 1923 by Putnam’s Sons Mary Dabney Meets Generals Grant, Sherman and McPherson Of all the families in Raymond during War times, one of the most effected was that of Augustine and Elizabeth Dabney. […]
~Portraits~ Generals and Commanders by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Excepts from In Their Own Words: Soldiers Tell the Story of the Battle of Raymond Major General James B. McPherson Commander 17th Corps 1828-1864 Major General James Birdseye McPherson was a man who defied some of life’s greatest odds. Born in 1828, near Clyde, Ohio, he was […]
First Monument Dedicated at Raymond Civil War Battlefield By Clione B. Rochat Dan Laney, Master of Ceremonies at the Dedication, and David McCain of Friends of Raymond Mayor Isla Tullos of Raymond receives Texas flag from Steve Lucas of the Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans. The flag flew recently over the Alamo. On Saturday, May […]