Raymond Battlefield, Part 3

Brig. Gen. Gregg  began to realize in the afternoon that his forces were greatly outnumbered and ordered the troops to pull back toward Jackson.  The citizens of Raymond offered assistance to the wounded of  both sides.  Those who had died were buried in the fields around Fourteen Mile Creek.
   The Union dead were later moved to the National Cemetery in Vicksburg and the Confederate dead were moved to Raymond where a Confederate Cemetery was established.  Most of the confederates were from the Seventh Texas and Third Tennessee.

The remains of several of the soldiers were never identified and they are buried with a marker that reads: "Unknown Confederate Soldier."

Also buried in this cemetery is Serg. Joseph Fairchild, Co. K, 3rd Miss Infantry.  The Third did not fight at Raymond.  The date of death on the marker is April 20, 1862, a full year before the Battle of Raymond.

Pictured above is the Confederate monument and its inscription.  The monument is located on the grounds of the Raymond Courthouse.