Battle of Raymond Facts

Date and Location

• May 12, 1863
• South of Raymond, in Hinds County, Mississippi, near Fourteen Mile Creek

Campaign

• Vicksburg Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General James B. McPherson

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Brigadier General John Gregg

Union Forces Engaged

• 17th corps (Army of the Tennessee)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Department of the Mississippi and East Louisiana

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 12,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 4,400

Estimated Union Casualties

• 446 (68 killed, 341 wounded, 37 captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 820 (100 killed, 305 wounded, 415 captured/missing)

Result

• Union victory

Significance

• The total number of Confederate casualties is disputed because several local and state troops took part in the battle.
• The Battle of Raymond was significant because it altered General Ulysses S. Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign strategy.

Timeline of the Vicksburg Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Vicksburg Campaign in order.

• December 26–29, 1862 — Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
• February 3–April 8, 1863 — Yazoo Pass Expedition
• March 11–18, 1863 — Battle of Fort Pemberton
• April 29, 1863 — Battle of Grand Gulf
• May 1, 1863 — Battle of Port Gibson
• May 12, 1863 — Battle of Raymond
• May 14, 1863 — Battle of Jackson
• May 16, 1863 — Battle of Champion Hill
• May 17, 1863 —  Battle of Big Black River Bridge
• May 25–July 4, 1863 — Siege of Vicksburg
• July 4, 1863 — Surrender at Vicksburg
• July 4, 1863  — Battle of Helena