Battle of Raymond
May 12, 1863, on Fourteen Mile Creek, 2,500 Confederate troops under Gen. John Gregg attacked a 10,000 man corps under Gen. James B. McPherson. Outnumbered, Gregg was forced to withdraw to Jackson.
Marker is on Mississippi Route 18 0.1 miles west of Hinds Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
