Someone from California sent me your posting wanting information about the Mississippi units in the Battle of Raymond. I sent a website posting www.battleofraymond.org to this guy telling him that you will find an intersting article on our website about the activity on the Raymond Road, written by a Confederate veteran from Utica (Learned) who was in the engagment during the wee hours of the morning on May 12. If you go to my website www.battleofraymond.org you will see the original article under KALEIDOSCOP OF HISTORY and it's the first article in the section The Civil War in Raymond. The article is called, The "Battle of Raymond, T. B. Riggin, Hall's Scouts"

The other article is one that I wrote and it's on the home page at the bottom - called "Come on Riggin, The Day is Lost (based on Riggin's original article as above)." To my knowledge this is the only thing written by anyone in Wirt Adams'Cavalry - of course Wirt Adams was not in Raymond but these men comprised some of his regiment.

I just recently found paperwork that tells how Wirt Adams' Cavalry (1st Mississippi Regiment) was formed. A wealthy planter from Willow Springs, Alfred Ingraham, also president of the Claiborne Co. War Board wrote to the police in Warren County and offered to put up 3,000 if Warren County would match it in order to form a cavalry company. The man's name was Alfred Ingraham and it was his plantation where the Union army set up headquarters after leaving Port Gibson (near Grindstone Ford). The cavalry was formed and for a brief time, about 1 month, was called the 1st Mississippi Cavalry - then the secretary of war declared it to be changed to Wirt Adams' Cavlary. Interesting information.

Hope this helps you along a bit.