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Friends of Raymond is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization consisting entirely of volunteers. The mission of the Friends of Raymond is to preserve, interpret, manage, and promote significant historic sites in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi, and the surrounding area and to receive contributions or grants from any and all sources to be used for one or more of the foregoing purposes.
Our group has purchased, preserved, and provided historical interpretation for the original site of the Battle of Raymond, which was an important part of General Ulysses S. Grant’s 1862 Vicksburg campaign during the Civil War.
Friends of Raymond is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors who are elected by the voting members and serve for rotating three-year terms. Members of the Board for current year are listed here.
Friends of Raymond is an all-volunteer, grassroots, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, and is responsible for preserving, interpreting, and maintaining the Raymond battlefield and Walking Trail.
The Raymond Battlefield has been preserved with assistance from the American Battlefield Trust, Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Hinds County, Mississippi, the Blue and Gray Education Society, the San Juan Valley Civil War Roundtable, the Civil War Roundtable of Chicago, and the following individuals:
Individual Donations Honors:
Roger and Carolyn Clarke Stewart Family
Lester Senter Wilson
Merchants and Planters Bank
Dick and Ginger Kilby
Jack G. Moss
Mary Ann Keith, Hinds County Gazette
Bobby and Peggy DeLaughter
Bill Schmegel and Pam Howorth
The JP Martin Foundation
Captain Roger B. Hansen
Mississippi Senator Charles and Kathy Pittman
David and Martha Barton
James and Rebecca Drake
Fred and Sue Brooks
John and Barbara Barber
Doug Waters
Brigadier General (Retired) Parker and Carol Hills
John and Bobbie Nau
The Mississippi Brigade
Andrew and Bonnie Menapace
David and Traci McCain
Frances Graham McCain
Robert Levine and Sheryl Radin
The Gaddis Farms
Stanford’s Mississippi Battery
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Kimble and Patti Johnson
Jean Soman
Tommy Cole and Betty Prihoda
Isla Tullos
Mary Wills McKenzie
Ben and Nancy Crago
Gary and Toni Bramon and the Bramon Brigade
Dr. Ben H. and Beverly D. Fatherree
Memorial Donations Honor:
Oliver Vassar Shearer Family of Raymond
Cade, David, and Robert Gillespie, CSA
Rose Parsons Ogletree
Collins, Travis, Smith, and Ellis CSA dead
Cade and Carrie B. Gillespie, CSA, UDC
Judge Hugh B. and Mary White Gillespie
Mayor James H. and Mary Gillespie Adams
CW3 Jerry Landgraf, 160th Special Operations
Your donation to Friends of Raymond will be tax deductible and may be sent to:
Friends of Raymond
P.O. Box 1000
Raymond, MS 39154