Below is an excerpt from Miss Priscilla Larkin: The Civil War Diary of a Southern Belle:
"Frazier family and myself stayed at Bill's tonight-- there met a Mr. Pat Ragland, who is quite a curiosity to sit and listen to him talk about ornamenting "pipes" and Wednesday-- ."
There was a Patrick Ragland of Jackson County, Alabama, found in the Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867, papers (at Ancestry.com):
Included in Mr. Ragland's file was a Surgeon's Certificate of Incapacity for the Army of the Confederate States, completed in Huntsville, Alabama, on February 28, 1863. It stated that Mr. Ragland, a lawyer, was born in Virginia, age 32, 5'10", with black hair and grey eyes. A problem with his left joint was indicated.
There was a Patrick Ragland of Jackson County, Alabama, found in the Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867, papers (at Ancestry.com):
Included in Mr. Ragland's file was a Surgeon's Certificate of Incapacity for the Army of the Confederate States, completed in Huntsville, Alabama, on February 28, 1863. It stated that Mr. Ragland, a lawyer, was born in Virginia, age 32, 5'10", with black hair and grey eyes. A problem with his left joint was indicated.
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