Gettysburg

[chaughey001]

Good Evening ,

Before I ask my question my thoughts go to the families in France . I though this site had a "haunted" forum,Im looking to take my group and wanted peoples thoughts about when best to go for ghost sightings?

Thank
Carol

 

[chellers]

Hello Carol,

We do have a Haunted Forum and I'll transfer this thread to it.

Chellers

 

[Alaskazimm]

I've heard the Triangular Field by Devil's Den is a good place for ghosts to hang out.

 

[MRB1863]

Good Evening ,

Before I ask my question my thoughts go to the families in France . I though this site had a "haunted" forum,Im looking to take my group and wanted peoples thoughts about when best to go for ghost sightings?

Thank
Carol

There is.....look on the home page to the list at right of page. Under "Featured Forums" you will find "Ghosts and Hauntings". Heere is a link if you don't see it on the home page: http://civilwartalk.com/forums/hauntings-of-the-great-rebellion.5/
Once you are there, select from one of the many boo-tifully written posts! Happy Haunting!!!!!!

 

[pamc153PA]

I've heard the Triangular Field by Devil's Den is a good place for ghosts to hang out.

Don't take me along with you--in all of the dozens of times I've been near, next to, or right smack dab in the middle of the TF, I've seen nary a ghost or ghostly anything.

 

[virginiaworm]

Maybe only a few would appreciate this... but when I used to live in the Peace Light Inn and Motor court many years ago I would cut across the fields after work to walk to the Pizza shop at Gettysburg college. Some would know, that means I walked right through the the field known as Iverson's pits. Often lighting a cigarette on the way.

Invariably, if it was already dark, as I would approach within about 50yds of the 88th's advanced marker I would hear excited voices and the there would be the 'pop' 'pop' of flashbulbs. As I would climb over the stone wall I would say something like 'nope, sorry not a ghost' and wave.

btw...at the time I did not realize that was Iverson's pits.

and no I have never seen a ghost.

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Arthur C. Clarke:

 

[Tom Elmore]

One morning before dawn I went to Devil's Den, the purpose being to determine the lighting conditions of the Round Tops before sunrise. As I approached the base of Big Round Top, much rustling and odd noises were heard all around, and above me especially. I briefly imagined being surrounded by a host of departed spirits, but as the sky gradually brightened the real cause was revealed - dozens of vultures had been roosting in the treetops, flapping their wings and squawking in a peculiar fashion. However, thankfully, no ghosts!

 

[pamc153PA]

Maybe only a few would appreciate this... but when I used to live in the Peace Light Inn and Motor court many years ago I would cut across the fields after work to walk to the Pizza shop at Gettysburg college. Some would know, that means I walked right through the the field known as Iverson's pits. Often lighting a cigarette on the way.

Invariably, if it was already dark, as I would approach within about 50yds of the 88th's advanced marker I would hear excited voices and the there would be the 'pop' 'pop' of flashbulbs. As I would climb over the stone wall I would say something like 'nope, sorry not a ghost' and wave.

btw...at the time I did not realize that was Iverson's pits.

and no I have never seen a ghost.

I don't know which is cooler, your story about Iverson's Pits, or the fact that you lived at the Peace Light Inn!

 

[pamc153PA]

One morning before dawn I went to Devil's Den, the purpose being to determine the lighting conditions of the Round Tops before sunrise. As I approached the base of Big Round Top, much rustling and odd noises were heard all around, and above me especially. I briefly imagined being surrounded by a host of departed spirits, but as the sky gradually brightened the real cause was revealed - dozens of vultures had been roosting in the treetops, flapping their wings and squawking in a peculiar fashion. However, thankfully, no ghosts!

I really hate those vultures--they're creepy! Sometimes they roost over in the trees on the Stoney Hill side of the Wheatfield, sometimes on Bushman Hill, and usually there are some up on Big Round Top. I walk the field a lot and am usually alone, so walking with them overhead staring down at me gives me the creeps.

 

[MRB1863]

They are creepy! One day we were there, mowing of the taller grass had just been finished on Oak Hill. Vultures abound to "clean-up" the unfortunates left behind by the mower.

 

[Rebel_Giratina]

As an aside, I did not know that Arthur C. Clarke and Bruce Catton were distant cousins. That makes both of them all the more epic.

 

[chaughey001]

Hello Carol,

We do have a Haunted Forum and I'll transfer this thread to it.

Chellers

thanks for some reason I could not find it !!

 

[chaughey001]

thanks for the input everyone

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Good Evening ,

Before I ask my question my thoughts go to the families in France . I though this site had a "haunted" forum,Im looking to take my group and wanted peoples thoughts about when best to go for ghost sightings?

Thank
Carol

Here are some good threads that may help you:

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/gettysburg.109879/

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/my-ghost-photo-of-my-trip-in-may-14-to-gettysburg.103189/

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/gettysburg-wheatfield-fife-and-drums.116270/

 

[Nathanb1]

I really hate those vultures--they're creepy! Sometimes they roost over in the trees on the Stoney Hill side of the Wheatfield, sometimes on Bushman Hill, and usually there are some up on Big Round Top. I walk the field a lot and am usually alone, so walking with them overhead staring down at me gives me the creeps.

If they fly up too fast when you honk your horn at them (hey, it's West Texas) they'll puke all over your car. Good times.