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 visited Shiloh last year. I walked the battlefield alone. Along the "sunken road" where gallant Iowa regiments held off several rebel charges until massed artillery blew them out of their positions. I stood there and closed my eyes. I was immediately filled with incredible feelings of fear and anguish. The hair on my neck and arms stood straight out. As I stood there these feelings grew to a level that was unbearable. Tears rolled down my cheeks, I had to shake myself to break that spell. It was very intense. So many good men died at the very place I was standing. I felt their unhappy and unfreed souls. Shiloh is full of ghosts.
Last edited by Calicoboy : 06-10-2005 at 07:50 PM.
Although I have never seen a ghost, I have experienced something along the lines you did above, not near the intensity either, but when on the battlefield at Gettysburg or Antietam, there are certain places where you can experience a hush, a feeling, much more intense than you can explain.
Thanks for the above,
Unionblue
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I've never experienced the feelings you have described, though I have heard many say they have. I walk and bike out on my beloved battlefield nearly every day, and find great peace in doing so. My greatest places of refuge are the Wheatfield and the Triangular field.... there is a healing, a refreshing of the soul out there....I cannot get enough of it. Like Union, I have never seen a ghost in all my travels, and cannot say for certain I believe in them......but I have had odd occurances that were ...unexplainable..... it makes one wonder.....
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By Southern arms their work was done.
Were ours the day, a Northern sun
You should get this book and read it. The same thing happened to the guy that wrote it. Even if there is nothing to it or you don't believe in it, it's a good read.
John B. Gordon Reincarnation By: Jeffrey Keene
I have a e-mail from Jeff if you would like to read it.
Martin
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Reincarnation??? I have a hard time buying that. Then again, I'm not sold on the ghost theory either. Though I can't say I discount the idea of "ghosts", reincarnation is even tougher to swallow. ALOT of people have seen or felt "things" that can't be explained. Even the early settlers to this area, back in the early 1700's reported seeing "hobgoblins and spook lights" in the Den/ Little Round Top area..... Taking all these people's stories into account, they cannot all be crazy. They're seeing/feeling SOMETHING, but what?
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.."This was the turning point; if won
By Southern arms their work was done.
Were ours the day, a Northern sun
I can relate to that part about Shiloh. Early in the morning when day was breaking and the air was filled with mist, I had the feeling that someone was about to touch me on the shoulder. Not fear, but the feeling of a presence, persisted with me. I am familiar with the *****ling of the scalp.
Some people can perceive things other than the mundane. Others are too hung up in their mere five senses to ever experience anything else. It's not hard. Go anywhere ancient, shut up, be still, stop the incessant dialog in your brain and show patience. Some people flat out don't want to do this. It shakes up their perceptions of themselves and their world. It makes them uncomfortable
Calicoboy
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My dear mother:- I have come safely through two more terrible engagements with the enemy, that at South Mountain and the great battle of yesterday (Antietam). Our splendid regiment is almost destroyed. We have had nearly 400 men killed and wounded in the battles. Seven of our officers were shot and three killed in yesterday's battle and nearly 150 men killed and wounded. All from less than 300 engaged. The men have stood like iron....Maj. Rufus Dawes, 6th Wisconsin Volunteers
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