Battle of Raymond

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The Battle of Raymond was an American Civil War engagement in the Vicksburg Campaign, fought on May 12, 1863, near Raymond, Mississippi, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson and Confederate troops led by Brig. Gen. John Gregg.

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Battle of Raymond canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Engagement at Raymond ⓘ
associatedCommander Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective to secure the approaches to Vicksburg ⓘ
casualtiesSide Confederate casualties approximately 820 ⓘ
Union casualties approximately 440 ⓘ
commander James B. McPherson ⓘ
John Gregg ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Brig. Gen. John Gregg ⓘ
ConfederateForce Gregg's Brigade ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 12, 1863 ⓘ
duration one-day battle ⓘ
engagementType meeting engagement ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Champion Hill ⓘ
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi (1863) ⓘ
front Western Front of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasSite Raymond Military Park ⓘ
location Hinds County, Mississippi ⓘ
near Raymond, Mississippi ⓘ
nearWater Fourteenmile Creek ⓘ
partOf Vicksburg Campaign ⓘ
partOfOperations Grant's operations against Vicksburg ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Port Gibson ⓘ
preservedBy Friends of Raymond organization ⓘ
primaryConfederateObjective to delay and disrupt advancing Union column ⓘ
primaryUnionObjective to clear Confederate forces from the route to Jackson ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Champion Hill ⓘ
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi (1863) ⓘ
Battle of Port Gibson ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
significance contributed to isolation of Vicksburg ⓘ
helped Union forces gain control of central Mississippi roads ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
statePreservation Mississippi battlefield preservation efforts ⓘ
terrain rolling hills and wooded ravines ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
UnionCommander Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson ⓘ
linked to: James B. McPherson
UnionForce Army of the Tennessee (elements) ⓘ
XV Corps (elements) ⓘ
year 1863 ⓘ

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Battle of Champion Hill → precededBy → Battle of Raymond ⓘ
James B. McPherson → notableBattle → Battle of Raymond ⓘ
Raymond, Mississippi → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Raymond ⓘ
Battle of Baker’s Creek → precededBy → Battle of Raymond ⓘ
Hiram B. Granbury → notableBattle → Battle of Raymond ⓘ