Crook Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 144

Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 47.016   W085° 55.998

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22352

Date of Visit: April 21, 2024

AJ McCurdy

Corp. Co F 62 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 22 1833   May 26 1926

Robert J Huggins

Serg

SC Infantry (maybe Company H, 26th South Carolina Infantry)

Confederate States Army

1834   1908

William H Sheid

Pvt Co A Turney's Tenn Infantry

Confederate States Army

Dec 23 1840   Sep 20 1904

Thomas H Martin

Serg Co D 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 22 1838    Apr 17 1909

William J Martin

Pvt  Co G 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army 

Dec 18 1844    Sept 17 1862

In Crook Cemetery there is a tombstone that was likely erected by the parents or family of William J. Martin. 

The inscription:

In Memory of 

William J. Martin

Son of Irvin and Annie Martin

Born Dec 18, 1844

A Confederate Solider Who Died

In the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD

Sept 17, 1862 and Sleeps In 

Unknown Northern Grave.

William J. Martin was an 18 year old student in Alexandria who enlisted on March 1, 1862 as a member of Company D "The Alexandria Rifles" of the 10th Alabama Infantry regiment.  At the Battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam the 10th Alabama was in Wilcox's Brigade of R.H. Anderson's Division. The 10th was thrown into battle along the Sunken Road where they lost half their strength. This is where William was likely killed. 

• "Tenth Alabama Infantry," Gem of the Hills Historian (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.gemofthehillshistorian.com/about-4-2
• "William J. Martin (1844-1862)" Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=20723
• "Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command (5 AM 17 September to 1 PM 17 September), Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024.
• Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48178920/william_j-martin: accessed April 26, 2024), memorial page for William J Martin (18 Dec 1844–17 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48178920, citing Crook Cemetery, Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Richard Finch (contributor 47087379).

Ten Island Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 77

Morrisville, Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 48.0094   W086° 02.2252

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 26629

Date of Visit: April 21, 2024

Corp

W. Henry Wolfe

Co B

30 Ala

CSA

1836

1899

James M. South

Co G

56 Ga Inf

CSA

Alfred H Sutley

Pvt Co D

53 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1828  1904

John W. Putnam

Pvt Co 3 30 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

Sept 4 1831

Nov 29 1907

The inscription for John's company is in error. He was a member of Company B. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Putnam, 30^th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold April 24, 2024. (http://www.fold3.com).

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.