Whenever possible, I try to pick up Civil War haunting books at a used bookstore that seems to carry them. I then go through them to use in the Haunting Forum. The problem now for me is trying to find UNIQUE stories that haven’t already been covered!
@Lincoln56 are you willing to discuss your experiences? I know we would find them interesting!
Certainly! Four in total, 2 at Shiloh, 2 at my home; apologies for being long winded but feel providing context is important.
Visiting Shiloh in June 1992 and standing in the cemetery with my wife and son. She had a 35mm camera around her neck held by a strap and the lens cover was on. I was looking at her directly at the time and distinctly heard the click of the camera as though a photo was taken. Her hands were nowhere near the camera at the time, nor was there any clothing or purse which might have struck the mechanism to explain why a picture was taken. When the roll was developed there was a completely black image (of course due to the lens cap being on).
At Shiloh on the same visit driving a Jeep Cherokee; the air conditioning and heating was controlled by a sliding bar; far left was cold, far right was heat. As we were exiting the park, the slider, which was sitting on the cold side as it was a warm June day quickly slid to the far right to output maximum heat. My hands were on the wheel and my wife's were nowhere near these controls. We never experienced this type of "malfunction" before or after with this vehicle.
In my family home. I was 10 or 11. My grandmother had passed and we came into possession of her things, one of which was her favorite rocking chair. It was placed in our attic guest room. My bedroom was directly below this area - when someone was walking up there we heard floor creaks. There was no air conditioning in the house nor fans up there and no pets allowed up there either. about 6 months to a year after she passed, one night I heard a creaking sound from upstairs and went to investigate as there was nobody up there. What I saw was the rocking chair slowly rocking back and forth with no occupant. I saw no obvious explanation as to how this could be though to be honest I did not tarry long. Shortly thereafter I was sent to military school and consequently I did not experience this again.
In my family home. We had converted our attic to a guest room and there were several wood framed pictures hanging on the wall of the stairs. They had been there undisturbed for 10 years or more. One night, again after my grandmother had passed, I was watching TV when I heard a 'bang bang bang' sound. coming from the attic area. The dog was going nuts barking. When I opened the door, I found one of the pictures at the bottom of the stairs. Again, these pictures had been hanging for years in this same location; there was no new air circulation in the area to explain it. The actual retaining wire for the picture was unbroken so this wasn't the cause.
I've always felt these were unusual events with no logical explanations coming to mind though, of course, there may be one and that will be fine. Until then however I choose to believe these were paranormal encounters.