"Ghosts Stories — 10 of History’s Most Haunted Battlefields" Topic

"ONE OF THE COUNTLESS HUMAN TRAGEDIES to unfold during the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg took place on the northwestern edge of the field at a spot known as Oak Ridge.

There, in the opening hours of the bloody three-day engagement, Confederate general Alfred Iverson Jr. ordered his 1,350-man brigade into action in support of a larger Rebel attack on the Union right flank. As Iverson's men surged towards the enemy, a line of Yankee troops concealed behind a nearby stone wall suddenly rose to their feet and poured volleys of musket fire into the attackers' ranks at almost point-blank range. Within moments of the ambush, more than 900 Southerners lay dying in the grass. Those still standing fled in terror leaving their fallen comrades behind. Iverson suffered a nervous breakdown following the massacre and had to be removed from command. Days later, the mangled bodies were collected by the victors and tossed into a hastily dug mass grave. Locals dubbed the grim spot Iverson's Pits. Many have since claimed that the site is haunted. Over the years, witnesses have reported seeing spectral figures stalking the area, while unexplained lights have also been visible. And unlike the legion of tall tales promulgated by local ghost tour operators, the stories about Iverson's Pits somehow seem more genuine. In fact, according to battlefield preservation foundation the Civil War Trust, reports of otherworldly encounters near the site of the slaughter are far from recent inventions — some date back to the 19th Century…"
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Christmas is the best time for ghost stories (Halloween is for candy).

I recall as a teenager reading Brigadier Peter Young's book, 'Edgehill', in which he devotes an entire chapter to his experience of having a ghost follow him home from the battlefield and take up residence in his house!

I may have already mentioned this,but when I was at the 150th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Shiloh,in Tennessee(March of 2012),I sensed a strange presence,and I was only a couple of miles from the southwestern edge of the national battlefield park(where some of the CS troops spent their last bivouac the night before ). And some of my buds who actually visited the park itself,reported glowing balls of light where some heavy fighting took place.

I think Antietam takes the prize for the most haunted battlefield in the US. I once had the opportunity to camp next to the Miller Cornfield – not an experience for the easily frightened.

I have seen a few things on ECW battlefields that should not have been there…….still!
I had a tour of the old military tunnels in Gibraltar recently, the guide told me of an experience he had that left me longing for the sunshine again!

Yeah, Gettysburg's "ghosts" have really exploded since "ghost tours" became big business. Folklorists working for the WPA in the 1930s were amazed at how few ghost stories there were at Gettysburg, then Mark Nesbit turned it into a business and now you can't move an inch in Gettysburg without running into a "spirit".