John B. Sanborn
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John Benjamin Sanborn was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of New Hampshire who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was also a key member of the rec
John B. Sanborn, c. 1860
John B Sanborn statue, Minnesota State Capitol by John Karl Daniels
Bust of Sanborn by T.A.R. Kitson, Vicksburg National Military Park
Battle of Raymond
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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
John B. Sanborn
…Mississippi Campaign from November 1862 to January 1863. That was followed by Grant's Vicksburg Campaign, with the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1, the Battle of Raymond eleven days later, and the Battle of Jackson on May 14. Sanborn also participated in the subsequent Battle of Champion's Hill, the Battle of Big Black…
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