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 […]
>>>click for more Illinois Soldiers in Battles of Raymond & Champion Hills | | | | | | | | | | | Battlefield Preservation | “Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Love and tears for the Blue, Tears and love for the Gray.” Francis Miles Finch, 1867 ” ” […]
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The Champions of Champion Hill by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Sid S. Champion 1823 – 1868 The Champion family, whose roots were in North Carolina, came to Mississippi and settled in Hinds County as early as 1839. The property they purchased was located along the banks of Baker’s Creek, near the old roadbed […]
Civil War Seminar Focuses On People, Not Battles Vicksburg Campaign Discovery Trail April 16-17, 2004 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Raymond, Mississippi An unusual Civil War seminar, open to the public, will be held at historic St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Raymond on Friday night and all day Saturday, April 16 and 17. Rather than focus […]
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n May 13 Major General James B. McPherson’s corps moved north through Raymond to Clinton while Major General William T. Sherman pushed northeast through Raymond to Mississippi Springs. To cover the march on Jackson, Major General John A. McClernand’s corps was placed in a defensive posture on a line from Raymond to Clinton. That night […]
ohn B. Peyton, a pioneer settler from Virginia, built Waverly between 1831-1834. Mr. Peyton was one of the most prominent early citizens in Raymond. He built the railroad from Bolton to Raymond. Waverly’s historic interest lies in the fact that it was used by General U.S. Grant as Union headquarters following the Battle of Raymond. […]
Ribbon Cutting for Endangered Battlefield: Part II by Rebecca B. Drake nlike the Battle of Raymond, which took place on a hot and dusty day during the spring of 1863, the battlefield ribbon cutting was held on a picture-perfect November day. Civil War historians, as well as citizens of Raymond, gathered on the historic battlefield […]
Raymond: A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette 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. A Kaleidoscope of […]
Civil War Reenactment: A Living History by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Reprinted from the Hinds County Gazette, Thursday, May 28, 1998 THREE THOUSAND SOLDIERS, blue and gray, paraded through the streets of Raymond, reenacting the scene that followed the Battle of Raymond on May 12, 1862. “GO HOME YANKEE! We don’t want you here!” yelled angry […]
The Reenactment of the Battle of Raymond, the Battle of Jackson, and the battle of Champion Hill proved to be one of the most brilliant series of events ever held in the Town of Raymond. More than ever, spectators reflected a great sense of pride regarding the role Raymond played during the Civil War years […]
