Civil War Diaries: Key to the Past by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Emma Balfour of Vicksburg wrote the most popular local diary of the time. Emma’s home, in the heart of the Vicksburg, provided her with a front row seat to all the events unfolding between May and June of 1863. The first entry in Emma’s […]
Frederick C. Hibbard: Raymond Confederate Monument Part I by Rebecca Blackwell Drake A rare photograph of Frederick C. Hibbard taken in Chicago in 1906. At the time of the photograph, the young sculptor was in the beginning states of his illustrious career. Photograph courtesy of Kathy Hemard On April 28, 1908, a journalist for […]
Letters To Mollie The letters of Edward Thomas Broughton to Mary Elizabeth Douglas Broughton (1861-1864) Compiled by Mary Lee Anderson Barnes, Great Granddaughter, 1989 LETTER 1 Van Zandt County1 September 17, 1861 Dear Wife, I write you a few lines by Mr. Reasy to inform how I am getting along. I am well; have been […]
Beauvoir House National Historic Landmark Re-opens Beauvoir House on the Mississippi Gulf Coast was once the home of Sara Dorsey, the wife of a wealthy planter from Louisiana. Mr. Dorsey bought the house for Sarah as a wedding gift and after seeing the house for the first time she exclaimed, “Oh beautiful to see.” When […]
~ 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 […]
Book Dedication: In Their Own Words By Mary Ann Keith Friends of Raymond is proud to announce the arrival of Rebecca Drake’s latest book, In Their Own Words: Soldiers Tell the Story of the Battle of Raymond. The book, written by Becky Drake, and designed by Jim Drake, will be formally dedicated on Saturday, April […]
Jerry McWilliams, Artist by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Jerry McWilliams, nationally famous Civil War artist, received his early training from the Chicago School of Art. He also studied with Mr. Frank A. Atkinson who rendered the artwork in the rotunda of the new State Capitol Building in Jackson. McWilliams has a deep love of history. […]
Lieut. Col. James J. Turner, Thirtieth Tennessee Infantry, commanding Tenth and Thirtieth Tennessee. MAY 18, 1863. CAPTAIN: I beg leave to submit the following report of the part taken by the Tenth and Thirtieth Tennessee Regiments in the fight near Raymond, Miss., on May 12: We moved out on the Gallatin road about 9 a.m., […]
Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson, U.S. Army, commanding Seventeenth Army Corps HEADQUARTERS SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863. GENERAL: We met the enemy, about 6,000 strong, commanded by Brigadier-General Gregg, at a point 2½ miles west of this place, where they were posted and fully prepared to receive us. After a sharp and […]
Lieut. Col. T. W. Beaumont, Fiftieth Tennessee Infantry. MAY 16, 1863. CAPTAIN: In obedience to an order directing me to forward a report of the part my regiment sustained in the engagement near Raymond on Tuesday last, &c., I have to state that in the forenoon of Tuesday I was ordered to take position with […]
Randal McGavock: Battlefield Casualty by Rebecca Blackwell Drake The morning of May 12, 1863, a tall redheaded Confederate soldier from Nashville, Tennessee, marched with his Irish regiment through the town of Raymond. His name was Lt. Colonel Randal McGavock and he was not just an ordinary soldier. McGavock was highly educated and from one of […]
Capt. John S. Foster, Fourth Independent Company Ohio Cavalry, commanding Cavalry Battalion (only the portion pertaining to the Battle of Raymond) Remaining in camp on the Big Black until the afternoon of May 7, moved to Rocky Springs; remained till the morning of the 9th, and took the advance of the army, reconnoitering the front […]