Seventh Texas Infantry Generals John Gregg and Hiram Granbury by Rebecca Blackwell Drake In 1861, John Gregg and Hiram B. Granbury enlisted with the 7th Regiment Texas Infantry for “Three years or the war.” As their wives followed them from battlefield to battlefield, and eventually to prison, they skillfully commanded the Confederate forces. The story […]

Mary Garth Gregg: A Steel Magnolia By Rebecca Blackwell Drake On January 11, 1864, at a train station in Dalton, Georgia, Mary Gregg said goodbye to her husband, John, as they boarded separate trains. Mary’s train would take her south to her father’s home near Decatur, Alabama, while John’s train headed north to Richmond, where […]

“Come on Riggin, the Day is Lost” by Rebecca Blackwell Drake A first- hand account of the Battle of Raymond written by Thomas. B. Riggin, a member of Hall’s Scouts, a state company, who patrolled the Utica-Raymond road the night before the battle. On May 12, 1863, the night before the Battle of Raymond, General […]

Order of Battle Battle of Raymond, May 12, 1863 Official Reports, where available, are hyperlinked Confederate Forces Gregg’s Task Force, Brig. Gen. John Gregg Gregg’s Brigade, Col. Cyrus A. Sugg CASUALTIES Infantry Killed Wounded Missing 3rd Tennessee Infantry, Col. C. H. Walker 27 91 70 10th & 30th Tennessee Consolidated, Col. R. W. McGavock (k), […]

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 […]

Raymond Battlefield Doubles in Size by Parker Hills The new 66-acre core battlefield acquisition shown in yellow.   Map courtesy of the Civil War Preservation Trust. On June 30, 2009, the issue was settled–the bucolic fields along Highway 18 south of Raymond would remain that way, even though the fight to save them lasted 1,065 days, […]

Col. H. B. Granbury, Seventh Texas Infantry. IN CAMP NEAR CALHOUN STATION, MISS. May 15, 1863. CAPTAIN: On Tuesday, the 12th instant, about 9 a.m., I received orders from Brigadier-General [John] Gregg to move my regiment from its position in camp near Raymond, Miss., to a point about 1 mile south of the town, near […]

~Portraits~ Generals and Commanders by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Excepts from In Their Own Words: Soldiers Tell the Story of the Battle of Raymond  Portrait of a Hero in Gray Colonel Randal McGavock 10th Tennessee Infantry 1826-1863 Randal William McGavock began keeping a diary as early as 1848, when he was a student at Harvard. The […]

~Portraits~ Generals and Commanders by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Excepts from In Their Own Words: Soldiers Tell the Story of the Battle of Raymond Portrait of A Hero in Blue Major General John A. Logan 3rd Division, 17th Corps Following the war, John Logan became a Senator and Commander and Chief of the Grand Army of […]

Lt. Henry O. Dwight, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was only nineteen years old when he left college to volunteer with the Union Army. During the Battle of Raymond, when opening fire occurred on Fourteen Mile Creek, Dwight was on the front line. If you want to find fault with anyone for getting up such a […]

Resurrecting A Buried Southern Treasure In The Town of Raymond, Mississippi by Tom Hughes As a resident of Clinton, Mississippi, and a history buff, I have a growing love and appreciation for our sister city of Raymond, just seven miles to our south. Over the past several years, Raymondites have rallied together like their ancestors […]

After five generations I followed in my great-great-grandfather’s footsteps. My great-great-grandfather, 2nd Sgt. John T. Hasty, and his son, Pvt. Pinkney Hasty, joined the 34th GA, as part of the Confederate Southern Army. They trained at Big Shanty, now known as Kennesaw, Ga. They fought at Bakers Creek, Mississippi, and Champion Hill. They were captured […]

Family History: Hiram B. Granbury by Tom Holder Hiram Bronson Granbury 1831-1863 In 1991 I embarked on a research project devoted to the creation of a family history for Civil War Brigadier General Hiram Bronson Granbury. The intent was to clarify the relationship between Hiram B. Granberry [Granbury] and the other members of the Granberry […]

by Charles L. Christian, Jr.  William Wood Porter, who commanded a company of the 10th Tennessee Infantry during the Battle of Raymond, is buried in Santa Rosa, California. There lies in WHC 19 a man whose life could have been the basis for a great book. Born in 1826 in Orange Co. VA, he moved […]