WHITESVILLE — 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. It was later transferred to the Historical Society, where it sat until the group began researching its proper resting place. Sue Berry, a member of the Whitesville Historical Society board, said the group pieced together Ragsdale’s story through old military records, genealogical research, and earlier reporting. “It’s an original Civil War monument.