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Battle of Raymond
The
Battle of Raymond
was fought on May 12, 1863, near
Raymond, Mississippi
, during the
Vicksburg Campaign
of the
American Civil War
. The bitter fight pitted elements of
Union Army
Maj. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant
's
Army of the Tennessee
against
Confederate
forces of
Lt. Gen.
John C. Pemberton
's Department of the Mississippi and East Louisiana. The Confederates failed to prevent the Federal troops from reaching the Southern Railroad and isolating
Vicksburg, Mississippi
, from reinforcement and resupply.
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