Raymond Battlefield: Named in Top Ten Most Endangered Battlefields by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Hinds County Gazette, March 15, 2001 The Civil War Preservation Trust, the largest nonprofit battlefield preservation organization in the United States, recently named the Raymond Battlefield as one of the ten most endangered Civil War battlefields in America. The announcement was made […]
Video Tells Story of the Battle of Raymond Hinds County Gazette, November 22, 2001 Friends of Raymond is proud to announce that the 22-minute video telling the story of the Battle of Raymond is now available. The video features combined photography from the 2001 re- enactment and the 1998 re-enactment. “Billy Ivy, owner of I-V […]
Ribbon Cutting for Endangered Battlefield by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Saturday, November 28th, at 1:00 p.m. was a proud day for the City of Raymond and for all interested in the preservation of its historic sites. David McCain, President of the Friends of Raymond, and Isla Tullos, Mayor of Raymond, delighted the crowd by cutting the […]
Raymond Battlefield Property Paid Off! by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Hinds County Gazette, January 17, 2001 Friends of Raymond is proud to announce that the organization has liquidated the loan for the 1998 purchase of 40 acres of endangered battlefield in Raymond. The land is now owned by Friends of Raymond and is debt-free. Since 1998, […]
Raymond Battlefield Receives Grant Money From Civil War Preservation Trust On Friday, November 19, 1999, members of the Civil War preservation Trust met on the Raymond Battlefield to present Friends of Raymond with a ceremonial check for $15,000. The grant money is designated to help with the purchase and interpretation of the Raymond Battlefield. 0. […]
Ride With Generals: Friends of Raymond A Founder’s Monument, featuring the names of those who joined Friends of Raymond with the rank of General, will be placed near the entrance of the Raymond Military Park. by Rebecca Blackwell Drake From 1999-2001, devoted town citizens enlisted to Ride with Generals by contributing $5,000 or more toward […]
Abernathy, Samuel H., Co A, 3rd Tennessee Infantry Alexander, Sgt. Robert H., Co D, 7th Texas Infantry Allen, Benjamin L., Co E, 12th Louisiana Infantry Allen, Sgt. B. S., Co A, 50th Tennessee Infantry Alley, William B., Co I, 3rd Tennessee Infantry Bagley, William H., Co A, 41st Tennessee Infantry Barrett, Patrick, Co K, 10th […]
Sons of Confederate Veterans Mississippi Division 105th Reunion Saturday, June 8, 2002 Wayne McMaster, Commander of the Mississippi Division SCV and Parker Hills delivering the keynote address Award recipients at the 2002 SCV Reunion Ann Gunter, Rebecca Drake, Phillip Gunter, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Beauvoir Lester Senter, mezzo soprano, performs “Dixie” Lester Senter Lester, Ron […]
By Parker Hills The Vicksburg Campaign has been called “the most brilliant campaign ever fought on American soil” by the United States Army in its “how to fight” manual, the 1986 version of its FM 100-5 Operations.1 Yet, this series of military operations is often overlooked by historians and Civil War aficionados alike, left in […]
A Place Called Raymond 2000 Fall Pilgrimage October 14, 2000 Martha Ferguson and Judge Bobby DeLaughter hosted tours of the Hinds County Courthouse. The crowd was entertained while having Lunch on the Lawn by the 27th Mississippi/60th New York String Band featuring Doug Webb, vocals, fiddle and banjo, Jim Woodrick, vocals, and Tim Waltman, vocals, […]
The Search for Alston’s Springs by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Recent research has unveiled the location of Alston’s Springs, where General John Gregg camped the night before the Battle of Raymond. General John Gregg Commander of Gregg’s Brigade For quite some time, historians have searched for the site where General John Gregg and members of […]
Patrick Griffin, in His Own Words, in the Spring of 1905 Patrick Griffin, 1905, speech to a meeting of Frank Cheatham Camp of the Confederate Veterans of America, at Nashville, Tennessee. The Return to Nashville I had a letter of introduction to Col. Walker, of Memphis, in my pocket. The letter had been given to […]
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