The Battle of Raymond was fought on May 12, 1863, near Raymond, Mississippi, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Initial Union attempts to capture the strategically important Miss
Three sketches of the battle by Theodore R. Davis
General James B. McPherson
Photograph of cannons at the Raymond battlefield by Carol Highsmith
Battle of Raymond historic site on the Natchez Trace Parkway near Raymond, Mississippi
The 7th Texas Infantry Regiment, also known as "Gregg's regiment", was an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western theater of the American Civil War.
John Gregg, the regiment's first colonel.
Historical Marker at Vicksburg National Military Park lists the 7th Texas Infantry at top.