Reporter Wounded at Battle of Raymond “A Compact and Vigorous Engagement at Close Quarters”   By Parker Hills Theodore R. Davis, Civil War Artist and Harper’s Weekly Correspondent May 12, 1863 – Peering through the dust and smoke of battle, Theodore R. Davis, an artist and newspaper correspondent, was covering the Civil War for Harper’s […]

Historic Civil War Site Acquired By Natchez Trace Parkway Dillon’s Plantation Witnesses History Again By Rebecca Drake and Parker Hills Fran Mainell, James Little, Mickey Black, Lou Gallegos and John Nau, III, witness the transfer of Dillon’s Farm to the National Park Service. On the night of May 12, 1863, at Dillon’s Plantation just six […]

Visitor Information Contact Information Webmaster: [email protected]   General Information E-mail: [email protected] City of Raymond Isla Tullos, Mayor 114 Courtyard Square Raymond, MS 39154 (601) 857-8041 E-mail: [email protected] Chamber of Commerce John Barber, Executive Director 114 Courtyard Square Raymond, MS 39154 (601) 857-8942 E-mail: [email protected] Friends of Raymond, Inc. Parker Hills, President P.O. Box 1162 Raymond, […]

SOMEBODY’S DARLING: Songs of the Civil War by Rebecca Blackwell Drake On Saturday, October 9th, at 4:30 p.m., Lester Senter, concert artist, will present a Jubliee [musical happening] at the Courthouse in Raymond. “During the war years,” Senter commented, “A favorite recreation of the Confederate Army was to gather and stage singing events. According to […]

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, […]