Civil War | Historic Site
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Mississippi
205 West Main Street
Raymond, MS 39056
United States
Organized in 1837 and built in 1854, St. Marks is the only antebellum church remaining in Raymond. After the Battle of Raymond, it was taken by the Union army and used for a hospital. Cotton was spread on the floors of the sanctuary for the wounded. Bloodstains remain visible today.
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