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 […]

Frederick C. Hibbard: Master Sculptor Part II by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Frederick C. Hibbard working on the life-sized statue of Jefferson Davis, dedicated in 1936. This statue is located in the New Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort, Kentucky.                 Photograph courtesy of Kathy Hemard Frederick C. Hibbard, master sculptor, was born June 15, 1881, on a farm in […]

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Illinois Soldiers Fight in the Battle of Raymond and Champion Hill Asa Wilson and Oliver Harrold, Co. E, 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Information courtesy of Gary Wilson, great-great grandson “It is my understanding that both Asa Wilson and Oliver Harrold, my great-great grandfathers, participated in all the battles that the 20th Illinois was involved in […]

Gregg’s March from Port Hudson to Raymond “Send General Gregg’s brigade at once to Jackson. On reaching Osyka, if transportation is not furnished, he must go up the road until he meets it. Direct him to move rapidly.”                                                                       Lt. General J. C. Pemberton                                                                    May 1, 1863 (Excepts from In Their Own Words: Soldiers […]

Re-enactments Re-enactments Vicksburg Campaign II – May 2001 Re-enactment Photograph Albums                                                                                                                    photograph courtesy of Ruben Gusman, May 2001    Vicksburg Campaign II – May 2001 Re-enactment Photograph Albums                                                                                                                    photograph courtesy of Ruben Gusman, May 2001    Vicksburg Campaign II – May 2001 Re-enactment Photograph Albums                                                                                                                    photograph courtesy of Ruben Gusman, May 2001  […]