The advance guard of Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg reached this point about 1:30 p.m. on May 15, 1863, at which time it was discovered that the lower Baker's Creek Bridge, by which the Raymond Road crossed Baker's Creek, was washed out, and the stream flooded and unfordable. The Army of Vicksburg started up this road toward the Upper Baker's Creek Bridge, which carried the Jackson road across Baker's Creek, at about 3:00 p.m., it having taken considerable time for scouts to establish that the road actually went all the way to the Jackson road, about 2 miles to the northeast.

This site has local significance because of its association with military activities and events that achieved or affected important local objectives of the Vicksburg campaign.