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WILLIE MORRIS SPEAKS IN RAYMOND: Dedication of the Confederate Cemetery May 9, 1987 Mayor Jackson, Dr. Lansing, my honored son, ladies and gentlemen — William Weaks (Willie) Morris, a Rhodes Scholar from Yazoo City, has written more than a dozen books, attained national prominence in his career as a journalist, nonfiction writer, novelist, editor, […]
BATTLE OF RAYMOND: “Have You a Father and Mother?” by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Frank Herron, age 15, had suffered a severe wound to the thigh during the Battle of Raymond and was taken prisoner. Following surgery which was administered by a Federal Surgeon, he was left to recover with the other injured. The following is […]
Letters by Howard Stevens Company H, 20th Illinois Infantry Two Letters Home Informing the Family of His Brother’s Death May 31, 1863 Camped in the field near Vicksburg My Dear Cousin Em, It is with sad feelings that I inform you of Victor’s death. He was shot through the head, killing him instantly while galantly […]
The Diary of Pvt. Gouldsmith D. Molineaux 8th Illinois Infantry Excerpts from May 11 – 13, 1863 Diary and photograph courtesy of Augustana College Library, Rock Island, Illinois Gouldsmith D. Molineaux, 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was a bookkeeper and clerk by profession. He was twenty-two years old when he enlisted with the Union Army. Molineaux […]
The Ultimate Grief: William T. Sherman Unknown to most, Sherman faced the ultimate grief in life only months after the Siege of Vicksburg. The story of Sherman is one of military triumph followed by personal tragedy. by Rebecca Blackwell Drake To Southerners, the name General William Tecumseh Sherman conjures up images of the meanest of […]
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Grant, Ulysses S., Personal Memoirs, New York: C.L. Webster, 1885–86 Published 1885 [copyright expired; public domain document] HTML coding by Richard Jensen, Professor Emeritus of History, U of Illinois-Chicago, 1998 Chapter 34: Capture Of Port Gibson–Grierson’s Raid–Occupation Of Grand Gulf–Movement Up The Big Black–Battle Of Raymond We started next morning […]
The Raymond Fencibles By Rebecca Blackwell Drake “O ye, in silent, comradeship asleep, in the long bivouac of the martyred dead, Ye are not yet forgotten – nor can be, while in this fair magnolia land there blooms A fragrant flower with which to deck your graves.” Part II William A. Montgomery The men who […]
The Hinds County Gazette, founded in 1844 by George W. Harper, is the second oldest newspaper in Mississippi publishing on a weekly basis. For half a century, nothing stopped the proud editor from printing his weekly newspaper. However, there were several major events in town that caused temporary problems. First, the big fire of 1858 […]
Sam C. Mitchell 3rd Tennessee Infantry “THE BATTLE OF RAYMOND, The Mistakes of Pemberton and the Bravery of Our Boys” From The Pulaski Citizen, May 10, 1888 When I left the brigade it was on the march to the N.O.J. & G.N. R.R. to take the cars for Jackson. We took the train at Osyka, […]
THE BATTLE OF RAYMOND From Weekly Philadelphia Times, Nov. 26, 1881. by William E. Cunningham Editor’s Note: This vivid description of the Battle of Raymond was taken from “Military Annals of Tennessee, Confederate, Vol. I: Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls of the Forty First Tennessee” edited and published in 1886 by John Berrien Lindsley. The […]
Union infantry moves forward to meet the enemy during the Battle of Champion Hill The Missouri battle flag, featuring the Roman cross, identifies General John Bowen’s Missouri Brigade who fought in the Battle of Champion Hill
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Reported Dead Following the Battle of Raymond FRANK JAMES: A Family Man by Rebecca Blackwell Drake In March of 1863, Frank James of East Texas, left home and joined Company H, 7th Texas Infantry. His service in the Confederate Army was brief. Two months after enlisting, James died from a wound he received during the […]
