A Kaleidoscope of History

A Kaleidoscope of History

kscope-8618312 “The Kaleidoscope fascinates us all, and we watch – and wait – sometimes holding our breath, as the patterns of color continue to change with the passage of time.”
Rebecca Blackwell Drake

Articles Related to Regiments Who Fought in the Battle of Raymond
3rd Tennessee Infantry

Frank Herron: Boy Soldier
Frank Herron: “Have You A Father Or Mother?”

10th Tennessee Infantry (Irish) 7th Texas Infantry 20th Illinois Infantry 30th Illinois Infantry

History of the 30th Illinois Infantry, G. B. McDonald

20th Ohio Infantry

A Portrait Of Osborn H. Oldroyd, 20th Ohio Infantry

68th Ohio Infantry

The 68th Ohio Infantry in the Battle of Raymond, Pvt. Myron B. Loop

The Civil War in Raymond

Raymond History

A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake,
originally published in the Hinds County Gazette

Railroads in Raymond
Raymond’s Early Churches
The Battle of Raymond
Post Civil War Years
Reconstruction
The Turn of the Century
Restoring the Merchants & Planters Safe
Raymond’s Early Schools: Consolidated School, Agricultural High School and Junior College

Other Articles of Interest

“Skirmish At Willow Springs”

– Historic Marker Rededicated

The Rest Of The Story: General John Bowen
The Ultimate Grief: William T. Sherman
Windsor: Yankees Crash The Party
Pvt. Douglas Cater: Regiment Musician
Music From The Trenches
Dr. John Craven: The Confederate Patient
The Champion Hill Story: “With Fire And Sword”, The Diary Of Major S. M. H. Byers, 5th Iowa Infantry
Battle Of Champion Hill
Battle Of Champion Hill – The Champion Family
Union Headquarters: The Lum House
Leonidas “Fighting Bishop” Polk visits St. Mark’s in Raymond, April 15, 1839
The Hinds County Gazette
The Hinds County Gazette Press – “Tears Would Have Fallen From its Eyes of Brass”
Willie Morris Dedicates Raymond Confederate Cemetery
Civil War Diaries: Key To The Past
Historic Waverly Burns

Articles By Guest Writers

Battlefield Doubles in Size by Parker Hills
Patrick Griffin: In His Own Words by J. R. Reddig, great-great nephew
Reporter Wounded at Battle of Raymond, “A Compact and Vigorous Engagement at Close Quarters” by Parker Hills
Will Montgomery: A Mississippi Scout and Skirmisher by Kay Cornelius
The Most Appalling Disaster Jackson, Mississippi Arsenal Explosion,
November 5, 1862 by H. Grady Howell, Jr.
Resurrecting A Buried Southern Treasure In the Town of Raymond, Mississippi by Tom Hughes
Family History: Hiram Granbury by Tom Holder
A Misleading Headstone Leads to the Search for General Hiram B. Granbury by Jane Embrose
General Hiram B. Granbury/Granberry Genealogy (by Jane Embrose, descendant of the Granberry family)
Texas Monument Dedication Raymond Battlefield, May 4, 2002 by Parker Hills