Union Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand, with Brig. Gen. Peter Osterhaus' division and Brig. Gen. Alvin Hovey's division, crossed Bakers Creek en route to Dillon's Farm and Raymond about mid-morning on May 13, 1863. They were forced to ford the stream, the bridge having been washed out by a flash flood several weeks earlier.

About mid-morning on May 13 a patrol of Confederate Col. Wirt Adams' Mississippi Cavalry Regiment overtook the rear guard of Union Maj. Gen. Alvin Hovey's division at this point. The Union rear guard forced the Confederat cavalry to withdraw, and contact between the froces was broken.

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.