Battle of Raymond Page4
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(1-01) The view is looking
north from the approximate center of the Raymond Battlefield. Fourteen
Mile Creek runs across the photo in the distant background. The green
arrow is pointing to the SH-18 (Utica Road) Fourteenmile Creek Bridge. The
red arrow points to a silver water tower standing near the site of
Confederate Capt. Hiram Bledsoe's three-cannon Missouri battery. The
battery covered the bridge across Fourteenmile Creek |
(3-05)
View of the battlefield from Artillery
Ridge. MacGavock Hill is in the right
background. Fourteenmile Creek Bridge in left distant background |
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(3-97) View of the battlefield from McPherson Ridge, where Gen McPherson observed the battle. Artillery Ridge is near the pile of dirt in left background. Fourteenmile Creek Bridge is in the distant background beyond the curve in the road |
(3-05)
View of the battlefield from McPherson Ridge. This
picture was taken several yards west of camera position in the previous photo. The water tower in left background marks Bledsoe's Confederate
battery. Beyond the cedars at right center is Fourteenmile Creek, marked
by the treeline |
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