The Battle of Champion Hill, The Champion Family by Rebecca Blackwell Drake A wealth of material has been written in past years regarding the Battle of Champion Hill. On the other hand, relatively little has been recorded about the pioneer family, the Champions, whose house and property fell victim to one of the fiercest battles […]
Texas Monument Dedication Raymond Battlefield May 4, 2002 Text of Dedication Speech by Parker Hills Key participants in the Dedication of the Texas Monument: Parker Hills, speaker, Dan Laney, Master of Ceremonies, Jean Ann Ables-Flatt, Commissioner of Texas Historical Commission, David McCain, Friends of Raymond, and Terry Winschel, Historian, Historian, Vicksburg National Military Park. […]
Will Montgomery: A Mississippi Scout and Skirmisher by Kay Cornelius William A. Montgomery, Confederate scout and skirmisher from Edwards, wrote his memoirs of the war in 1916 at the age of seventy-two. Photograph courtesy of Sidney Johnson Champion He was eighteen, a veteran of fighting in Virginia and not fully recovered from a crippling […]
The Death of General John Bowen by Rebecca Blackwell Drake For the past century Civil War historians have been perplexed over the death site of General John Bowen, one of the heroes of the Vicksburg Campaign. A recently found document has provided the final piece to the puzzle and opened the key to the past. […]
Descendants of Norvell R. Granberry Researched by Jane Embrose Copyright 2002, all rights reserved Generation No. 1 1. NORVELL R.9 GRANBERRY (LOAMMI8, GEORGE7, JAMES6, MOSES5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, LEONARD2 CRAMBURY, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1806 in GA, and died April 1850 in Madison Co. MS (Source: 1850 Madison Co. MS Mortality Schedule, “Electronic,” Norval Granberry, 44 […]
May 11th. -We drew two days’ rations and marched till noon. My company, E, being detailed for rear guard, a very undesirable position. General Logan thinks we shall have a fight soon. I am not particularly anxious for one, but if it comes I will make my musket talk. As we contemplate a battle, those […]