Tuesday, May 12, 1863

Today the battle of Raymond was fought twenty miles west of Jackson between troops of the Seventeenth Corps, mainly Logan's Division, and some of General Johnston's command.  The Confederates were defeated and returned to Jackson.  

Soon after this General Sherman attacked Jackson and Johnson and the troops defending it were driven North.  

All this time the Thirteenth Corps was hugging the eastern bank of the Big Black River. McClernand, with the Thirteenth Corps, was thus on the left, McPherson in the center, and Sherman on the right, all facing the to the North.