Lieut. Col. Franklin Campbell, Eighty-first Illinois Infantry HDQRS. EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS, Vicksburg, Miss., July 9, 1863. SIR: In compliance with your order directed to me, dated July 7,1863, I have the honor to report that on May 12 we met the enemy in a ravine, about 1 mile south of Raymond. The Third Brigade […]
Maj. S. H. Colms, First Tennessee Battalion. MAY 16, 1863 SIR: On Tuesday last, at Raymond, I was ordered to move my command out on the Port Gibson road, which was done. After we took our position, I was ordered to support Bledsoe’s battery. About 2 p.m. I was ordered to occupy a position in […]
Col. C. H. Walker, Third Tennessee Infantry. CAMP NEAR CALHOUN STATION, MISS., May 16, 1863. I submit the following report of the part taken by the Third Tennessee Regiment in the battle near Raymond, Miss., May 12: I was posted near the graveyard, and ordered to hold myself in readiness to move in any direction […]
Brig. Gen. Marcellus M. Crocker, U. S. Army, commanding Seventh Division HDQRS. SEVENTH DIVISION, SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Before Vicksburg, Miss., May 25, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to report the part taken by the Seventh Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, on the march and in the battles occurring from the time I assumed temporary command […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette The Establishment of Raymond as the Seat of Hinds County Since 1830 Raymond has been an active small town located in the very center of Hinds County. Thanks to the Raymond Gazette – […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette Restoring The Merchants & Planters Safe An interesting thing happened in 1903 that has yet to be explained! A beautiful hand-painted bank safe, made by the Mosler Safe Company in Hamilton, Ohio, arrived […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette Raymond in the 1840s and 1850s The decision had been made as to “where” to build the new town – Raymond – the town that would become the county seat for Hinds […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette Pre-Civil War Raymond held all the promises of a wonderful new way of life for its citizens. Cotton plantations were located on the outskirts Of town – big new beautiful homes were built […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette Pre-Civil War Hotels Raymond became a busy town from around 1844 until 1858 (the year of the big fire). The courtyard square was filled with a variety of businesses and people came from […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette Raymond’s Early Schools: Consolidated School, Agricultural High School and Junior College Diogenes, the famous Greek philosopher, stated… “the foundation of every state is the education of its youth”. Cicero, a Roman orator and […]
Because of Raymond’s position as the county seat the town continued to prosper and gain prominence. During the 1840’s Amsterdam, Clinton and Raymond were the three leading centers in Hinds County. In 1903 S.S. Prentiss, a reporter for the Daily Clarion-Ledger, wrote an article for the paper describing the importance of these three towns during […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette One of the Most interesting and important aspects concerning the development of Raymond, as well as America in general, was the advent of the railroad system. By 1830, when American transportation was limited […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette Reconstruction One word, DISMAL, best describes life in Raymond from December of 1858 until approximately 1880. After thirty years of successful economic growth the town suddenly began to “fall on hard times”. […]
A Kaleidoscope of History A series on the history of Raymond by Rebecca B. Drake, originally published in the Hinds County Gazette The history of the old churches in Raymond is almost as colorful as the history of Raymond itself. During the Civil War three of the churches, the Episcopal, the Methodist and the Baptist […]