Ragan Chapel UMC Cemetery

Location:

Ragan Chapel Road/Alabama Highway 77

Calhoun County, Alabama

33.7510986  -86.0460968

FAG: 2131078

Date of Visit: July 25, 2015

Jonathan Whiteside

Pvt Co F 9 Regt

58 Ala Infantry

Confederate States Army

Mar 21 1823      July 10 1863

Modern Tombstone

Whiteside

Martha C. Teague

Oct. 6, 1829 – July 16, 1908

J. Leander  C.S.A.

Mar 21, 1823 – July 10, 1863

Buried – Chattanooga, Tenn.

Jonathan died July 10, 1863 of typhoid fever at Academy Hospital in Chattanooga. The 58th Alabama was in Clayton’s Brigade during the Tullahoma Campaign and took part in the Hoover’s Gap engagement. In July Bragg retreated toward Chattanooga. During this time hospitals were established in Chattanooga. Jonathan’s name was not been found in Silverdale Confederate Cemetery or in the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Jonathan Whitesides, 58th Alaba Infantry Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 1, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15876025/martha-cunningham-whiteside : accessed 27 August 2021), memorial page for Martha Cunningham Teague Whiteside (6 Oct 1829–16 Jul 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15876025, citing Ragan Chapel Cemetery, Francis, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by mulder (contributor 46825092) .
• Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama during the Civil War: Reproduced from Willis Brewers Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men, from 1540 to 1872. University, Al.: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962. (Online at Alabama State Department of Archives and History), https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/mil_org.html.