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The Battle of Raymond was fought on May 12, 1863 between elements of the Union Army of the Tennessee under the over-all command Maj Gen Ulysses S.Grant, with local command under Maj Gen James.B McPherson. And elements of the Confederate army of the Mississippi under the over-all command of Lt. Gen John C Pemberton with local command under Brigadier-General John Gregg.
Pemberton's planned to hold Grants army along a broad line stretching along Fourteen Mill Creek, to do this, it required him to consolidate all the men he could from the departments under his command into one force. A force that would be able to hold Grants army until additional men could be brought up. Unknown to anyone in the Confederate army, was that the XVII corps, which encompassed McPherson's two divisions, were already within ten miles of the main Confederate body at Raymond. Upon hearing of the arrival of Confederate forces into the town, McPherson was ordered to use his force to drive the Confederates out and capture the town. For this, the 20th Ohio was deployed into a skirmish line with one of it's brigades making its way towards a bridge on the creek.
John Gregg, upon hearing of this force , marched to meet what he assumed was merely a raiding party. He concealed his men on a hill overlooking the creek, with the hopes of luring them across the bridge and slaughter them once they were across. This force was soon discovered to be a full brigade, rather then a small party. To counter this, Gregg was going to have two regiments ambush the Union infantry, while two more regiments went around and captured the artillery batteries on the opposing side of the creek, trapping the Union brigade between the two forces. A Union regiment was able to cross the creek quick and got nearly destroyed by Greggs trap. The two Confederate regiments, wild from their easy victory, stormed across the creek and engaged the Union battle line beyond the hills, pushing them back but themselves taking heavy casualties while attacking a second Union line against superior numbers. The two regiments that had crept around to strike the Union from the rear, ended up coming about face to a two Union reserve regiments. The Confederate men that had went across the creek were now in full retreat, with the two regiments holding back the whole federal divisio
