Hauntings of the Great RebellionEver been to the Triangular Field at Gettysburg at night? Do you know any good Civil War era ghost stories, the kind you tell your friends around the campfire? Read and post about these ghostly experiences here.
I got strange feelings at sunken lane at Antitem and at Little Round Top both, but I always associated it with having kinfolk killed at both places.
As for the obscenities, I hate to come off as a authority on vulgarities or anything but I can't walk away from an unanswered trivia question so ..... if I stick my finger with a pin only do it with a "P" word as in "*****" my finger ... I think that substitutes nicely for "*****ely feeling" or at least I'll find out as soon as I hit the submit button anyway
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On one of my trips to Appomattox Court House I arrived late in the evening as the sun was setting the place was closed and so I climbed over the fence I had the whole village to myself not a tourist in site and all I can say its one of the most atmospheric places I have ever been to especially as there was not a sound.
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"Any people with contempt for their heritage have lost faith in themselves and no nation can long survive without pride in its traditions"
Winston Churchill
Here are a couple of photographs the color one I took on my first visit to Harpers Ferry and the small black/white inset one I came across a number of years later in a C.W.T.I. magazine if you remove the trees from the recent picture its almost taken at the same spot!!!!!
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"Any people with contempt for their heritage have lost faith in themselves and no nation can long survive without pride in its traditions"
Winston Churchill
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"Any people with contempt for their heritage have lost faith in themselves and no nation can long survive without pride in its traditions"
Winston Churchill
I am new to the Civil War Talk site, but I thoroghly enjoy reading the comentary on the subjects presented. I live in Canada, but visit battlefields whenever possible in the US. I can relate to the feelings described about ghosts and spirits on the battlefields. I visited the Bentonville, NC site in the summer of 2005 and walked through the woods alone, along the designated path during the late afternoon when I got the same feelings of hair standing up on my neck and someone was behind me. I turned around, but saw nothing. Everything fell silent, the breeze stopped and it seemed as if the forest was buzzing all around me. I continued walking until I got to the clearing and the main visitor center house. I talked with other people visiting there and they had the same experience with one person swearing he saw a shadow of a person in the forest. I visit Gettysburg frequently, but never had that feeling there. I did experience the same feeling at Antietam near the Burnside bridge. It is truly a wierd experience.
Being from Virginia, many a battle, action, skirmish has taken place; from the early Revolutionary to the Civil War and there is an 'energy' that is in the earth for certain.
I am also of the belief that if you really want to be open to the sensations offered you will feel what you need to feel--not what you 'want' to feel.
I consider myself average with no particular additional gifts. However, I too have felt the invisible hand, the presence or feeling someone was watching, following, going past me, the unexplained temperature change; such as warmth when its snow on the ground and my teeth were chattering like the toy or the chill of like the walk in freezer when its hot and humid outside. I've experienced the windy day and suddenly the wind stops dead or vice versa; my hair bristles and goosebumps rise--even in the most heated days. I have always been sensative that way. I do get feelings at times that I have been here before.
I consider myself honored if any ghost military officer and or soldier from that battlefield, action, skirmish or location would even touch me, to reach out to me and be with me. Although I am usually emotionally very sad and can cry easily--they are still worth my tears of honoring them, remembering them and thanking them for 'their last full measure.'
Like a good story, a good piece of music--what stirs the emotions and the person's heart is good--not crazy or stupid.
Just some thoughts.
Respectfully submitted for consideration,
M. E. Wolf
I love trying to do that, trying to put myself in the same spot as an old photograph. Harper's Ferry is a great place to do it too....
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Originally Posted by RebAl
Here are a couple of photographs the color one I took on my first visit to Harpers Ferry and the small black/white inset one I came across a number of years later in a C.W.T.I. magazine if you remove the trees from the recent picture its almost taken at the same spot!!!!!
I live in the same county as Bentonville, and have been there many times. While not the most exciting battlefield, it does have its charm. The mobile homes are lovely!
Seriously, though, welcome to the boards!
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David
"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person" diddyriddick
I really wish I got the same feelings as you guys when I walk a battlefield. I plan my trips months in advance, and arm myself with as much info on each battle as possible. Yet when I walk a battlefield, apart from feelings of respect and awe...nothing. Possibly only one time. At Malvern Hill. With darkness starting to fall, I was walking back to my car on a trail through the woods. The trail passed mounds which are thought to be Confederate graves. I did get a slightly creepy feeling and may have quickened my stride. But I think that was only natural and not supernatural.
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