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.
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I truly believe that the spirit of the souls who fought at these places leave so much energy behind that it takes centuries for it to dissapate. I may have never seen a true ghostly apparition, but I agree, you can feel the spirits of these warriors.
__________________ "Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage." - R. E. Lee
On the topic of spirits lingering around battlefields, this website has some really awesome photography.
They may not be real ghosts, but it's incredible nonetheless.
~ Highfly
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If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun, if you want to smell hell, jine the cavalry!
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
Ird, yes, ghost hunters never have any luck when they go in search of her. It's always the folks who are absorbed in their reading or research there, who are completely distracted, that she makes her appearances to. If you go into the library with the intent of getting a glimpse of her, you might as well bring a cot in with you, 'cause you'll be waiting a while.
Terry
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
I've always heard of ghosts at Sayler's Creek. My grandmother used to spend some nights at the Hillsman's house when she was a child. She's deceased now, and I'm not sure she believed in ghosts, but I've always heard of "haints" there. It IS a spooky place there at night......
I think "ghosts" are good for the tourist industry. I've been on a ghost walk in Charleston. It was an evening of entertainment and another opportunity to see the Charleston in the company of other conference attendees.
BTW, when I visited Stonewall Jackson's house in Lexington, Virginia, I felt three distinctive tugs at the bottom of my jacket - and no one was near me.
If any of you ever get to come to the south there are a lot of great places to get eirie feelings , there was one time at Ft. Gaines on Dolphine Island , Mobile , Al. we wre at the event and there werre alot of crazyness going on and the wind was blowing hard off the gulf and on the flag poles we had a Confederate flag and a US flag and the CS falg was straight out in the breeze when the federal flag looked as if someone or somrthing was hold it down against the pole so I took a picture and the us flag did not even show up.......
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Jason Willis
19th Ala. Inf. Co.K
Blount Guards
I'm new to this web site and just chanced upon this thread today (Feb. 22, 2008) and read your story and your Mom's experience. All I have to say is--wow.
I can only say that I have seen something on the battlefields of Manassass/Bull Run and really cannot pin-point what I saw. I had sensations, like bone chills in the heat of summer. My horse would suddenly side-step, as if to avoid a body or a spot--but saw nothing to warrant such. One horse of mine would 'shake' in some spots. These spots were known to me near batteries. One horse's bloodlines were linked to Civil War stock on the Thoroughbred line--perhaps a relative of my horse met its end there. I've had chills and odd sensations in other areas where it was a battlefield.
I do believe in things/places having imprints of their owners. I have felt things I've touched but, have no explaination for it.
I have heard of the Confederate officer ghost who kneels at the joint grave site of Col. Walter Tazewell Patton who perished in Pershing's Charge leading the 7th Virginia Infantry on July 3, 1863 and his brother Col. George Smith Patton who lead the 22nd Virginia Infantry who was mortally wounded in the Third Battle of Winchester/Battle of Opequon in 1864. Both share the same grave at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
Sincerely,
M. E. Wolf
Since my father's death in 2005, I have experienced 'odds and ends' to which suggest that my father visits or makes his presence known in a more invisible manner. It cannot be explained otherwise. A dark figure passes my father's favorite path across the room. Flashlight turns on by itself. Money, like a zinc penny appears with the year that holds meaning to me. This hasn't happened prior--just after Dad's death.
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