Civil War veteran’s long-lost monument to finally be placed after nearly 140 years
Snippet of Article: "...After nearly 140 years, a Civil War veteran’s monument will finally rest beside his wife in the Old Panther Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
On September 27, the Whitesville Historical Society will host a dedication ceremony for the gravestone of Charles M. Ragsdale, a Union soldier who served in the 17th Kentucky Infantry and died in 1875. His headstone, ordered through the Veterans Administration in 1886, was never set. Instead, it was lost for more than a century. ..."
