Apple’s Mail app indicates which messages you’ve replied to using a tiny curvy arrow icon next to the message, like so:
In the picture above, the red arrows point to tiny little curvy arrows for the messages I’ve replied to. Zoomed in, that icon looks like this:

It’s one thing to know you replied to an email. It’s quite another to know what you said! And, it turns out all you have to do is CLICK THE ARROW and your reply pops right up. Like so:
One little click does it all. Give it a try!
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too bad this no longer works in Big Sur
Interesting– it still works for me in Big Sur. 11.1. Hmmm.