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by Mark Nesbitt


  “Dark Destinations: Ford’s Theater National Historic Site.” The Cabinet. http://thecabinet.com/darkdestinations/location.php?sub_id=dark_destinations&letter=f&location_id=fords_theatre_national_historical_site.

  “Fort Pulaski: The Commander’s Spirit.” Military Ghosts. www.militaryghosts.com/pulaski.html.

  “Ghost of Lookout Mountain, The.” Traveling Poor,February 18, 2010. http://travelingpoor.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/the-ghost-of-lookout-mountain.

  “Haunted Places in Georgia.” The Shadowlands. http://theshadowlands.net/places/georgia.htm.

  Lanier, Gina. “Chattanooga Ghosts.” Haunted America Tours. www.hauntedamericatours.com/ghosts/Chattanooga.php.

  “McRaven House.” Mississippi Paranormal Times. http://msspiparanews.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/mcraven-house.

  Sears, Stephen W. “The Dahlgren Papers Revisited.” Historynet.com.historynet.com/the-dahlgren-papers-revisited.htm.

  Sykes, William, and Crystal Sykes. “Reader Comments,” March 28, 2011, with Amy Condra, “Looking for Ghosts at Cold Harbor.” The Mechanicsville Local,May 13, 2008. www.mechlocal.com/index.php/news/article/looking_for_ghosts_at_cold_harbor.

  Taylor, Troy. “The River of Death.” American Hauntings. www.prairieghosts.com/chick.html.

  “Vicksburg’s Haunted House: The McRaven Home.” Haunted Places to Go. www.haunted-places-to-go.com/haunted-house-2.html.

  Villani, Denise. “Haunted Lighthouse: Point Lookout Light.” Articlesbase,March 1, 2008. www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/haunted-lighthouses-point-lookout-light-347766.html.

  Acknowledgments

  Thanks to Cathy Adams, Fredericksburg Hampton Inn & Suites, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Marilyn and Elliott Bardsley; Amanda Beck; Jeff Belanger; Jeff Campbell; Paul Chiles; Guy W. Condra; Ray and Sharon Couch; Fiona Crawley; Laine Crosby; Gretchen Dugan; The Kenmore Inn, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Dale Kacz-marek; Brett Keener; Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor’s Center; Fredericksburg Police Department; Gettysburg & Northern Railroad; Rosemary Ellen Guiley; Jennifer Henise; Thomas Long-street; Frank May; Gregg and Carol McCrary; Jackie Mullen; Helen Myers; Jack and Maria Palladino; The Cashtown Inn; Sharad Patel, Windsor Hotel, Americus, Georgia; Deb Pederson; Darla Peightal; Dale Phillips; Greg Platzer; Katherine Ramsland; Ed Raus; Jeff Ritzmann; Jennifer Suroviec; L. B. Taylor; Troy Taylor; Kyle Weaver; Patty Wilson; Terry Winschel; and Tom Van Winkle.

  Index

  Alexander, E. P., 12, 48, 92

  Alexander, John, 225, 233

  Anderson, George W., 216

  Anderson, Richard, 152–153

  Andersonville (Georgia prison), 3, 233

  described, 200–203

  EVP findings, 205

  ghosts, 203–205

  Providence Spring, 201, 205

  Raiders, 201–202, 205

  Regulators, 201–202

  Stockade Branch, 200, 201, 204, 205

  Andersonville National Cemetery, 202, 204

  Andersonville National Historical Site, 203

  Antietam (Sharpsburg), 3, 167

  battle described, 46–49

  Bloody Lane (Sunken Road), 47, 48, 53–54

  Cornfield, 47

  East Woods, 47

  Harpers Ferry, 47, 48

  West Woods, 47

  Antietam ghosts, 164

  Bloody Lane (Sunken Road), 53–54

  Pry House, 49–52

  Sharpsburg town, 52

  St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 52

  Appomattox, 214

  described, 219, 220, 223–224

  ghosts, 224

  Armistead, Lewis A., 92–93

  Atlanta Campaign. See Kennesaw Mountain entries

  Baker, Edward, 229

  Ballou, Sullivan, 20–21

  Barksdale, William, 56

  Barlow, Francis, 155

  Battle Cry of Freedom (McPherson), 173

  Beauregard, P. G. T., 11, 27–29, 217

  Beck, Amanda, 234–235

  Bee, Barnard, 12–13

  Belle Isle (prison), 134, 135

  Berg, Laura, 197–198

  Blue & Gray Magazine’s Guide to Haunted Places of the Civil War, 21–22

  Bobb, John H., 115, 116, 117

  Bobb, Selina, 115

  Booth, John Wilkes, 228, 232, 234

  Boyd, Belle, 233

  Bradway family, 116

  Bragg, Braxton

  Chattanooga, 125, 127–128

  Chickamauga, 118–119, 124

  Brown, Alan, 190, 205

  Buell, Don Carlos, 28

  Buford, John, 88

  Bull Run. See Manassas entries

  Burns, Ken, 20

  Burnside, Ambrose E., 48, 125

  Fredericksburg, 55, 57–62, 78

  Spotsylvania, 154

  Wilderness, the, 141–144

  Burr, Aaron, 221

  Butler, Benjamin, 134

  Calhoun, John C., 225

  Campbell, Jeff, 161

  Carrera, Cesar, 231

  Carter, Annie, 189

  Carter, Theodrick “Tod,” 188, 190

  Chamberlain, Joshua L., 91

  Chancellorsville, 2, 62, 87, 124, 146, 147

  battle described, 78–82

  Chancellor House, 79, 81

  Hazel Grove, 81, 85–86

  Salem Church, 81

  Chancellorsville Battlefield Sites (Harrison), 83, 85

  Chancellorsville ghosts

  Bullock House site, 82–83

  EVP findings, 86

  Hazel Grove, 85–86

  Last Bivouac site, 84–85

  Chattanooga, 118–119, 172

  battle described, 124–128

  Brown’s Ferry, 125

  Craven House, 126

  Lookout Mountain, 119, 124, 125, 126, 128–132

  Missionary Ridge, 119, 124–127, 132–133

  Orchard Knob, 125

  Ringgold Gap, 128

  Tunnel Hill, 126–127

  Chattanooga ghosts

  EVP findings, 132, 133

  Lookout Mountain, 128–132

  Missionary Ridge, 132–133

  Cheatham, Benjamin F., 175

  Chickamauga, 3, 31, 124, 128, 130, 173, 179, 183

  battle described, 118–119

  Snodgrass Hill, 119, 122–123

  Chickamauga ghosts, 119–120

  Florida Monument, 122

  Old Green Eyes, 120–122

  Snodgrass Hill, 122–123

  Wilder Tower, 121

  Women in White, 120

  Churchill, Winston, 231

  Civil War, The (Burns), 20

  Civil War Ghosts of Virginia (Taylor), 20, 136, 167–169, 223

  Cleburne, Patrick

  Chattanooga, 126–127

  Franklin, 184, 185–186, 190–191

  ghost of, 190–191

  Kennesaw Mountain, 175

  Clem, John, 30–31

  Cleveland Plain Dealer, 194–195

  Clinch, Nicholas, 216, 217

  Cohen, Daniel, 204

  Cold Harbor, 219

  battle described, 166–167

  Cold Harbor ghosts, 167–171

  “Community Spirits” (Krishnamurthy), 221

  Conklin, J. B., 229

  Cooke, John Esten, 21

  Coolidge, Calvin, 230

  Coolidge, Grace, 230

  Couch, Ray, 111–114, 207–208

  Couch, Sharon, 111–112

  Crosby, Chris, 177–178

  Crosby, Laine, 82–85, 177–178

  Dahlgren, Ulric, 135–136

  Dandridge, John, 67

  Daughters of the Confederacy, 195

  Davis, Ann, 197

  Davis, Jefferson, 43, 135, 231

  capture and imprisonment, 44

  wartime decisions, 25, 38, 87, 108

  Davis, Varina, 44

  Davis, Winnie, 44

  DeBolt, Margaret Wayt, 213–214

  De Peyster, J. Watts, Jr., 24

  Dodson, John, 221

  Drum
, Joan McFarland, 42–44

  Eben, Mary, 231

  Elmira (New York prison), 3

  Emancipation Proclamation, 49

  Evans, Nathan G., 12

  Ewell, Richard, 90, 91, 137, 138, 140–143

  Farrell, Joe, 4

  Felix, Richard, 4–5

  Ford, Henry, 216

  Fort Donelson, 25, 193

  Fort Henry, 25, 193

  Fort Leslie McNair ghost, 233–234

  Fort Magruder, 37

  Fort McAllister ghosts, 215–218

  Fort Monroe, 36, 38, 134

  Fort Monroe ghosts

  Davis, Varina, 44

  Grant, Ulysses, 43–44

  Lincoln, Abraham, 43

  Quarters Number One, 42–43

  White Lady (Light Lady), 44–45

  Fort Oglethorpe, 121

  Fort Pulaski, 206

  ghosts, 211–215

  Fort Sumter, 11, 27, 212

  Franklin

  battle described, 183–189

  Carnton Plantation, 188–191

  Carter House, 186–190

  Franklin, William B., 60

  Franklin ghosts

  Carnton Cemetery, 191

  Carnton Plantation, 190–191

  Carter House, 189–190

  EVP findings, 191

  Frazer, Philip, 151

  Fredericksburg, 2–3, 83, 152, 154, 157

  battle described, 55–62

  Chatham, 56

  Dead Horse Hill, 60

  Fair Grounds, 61

  Marye’s Heights, 2, 59, 61–62, 63, 78, 81, 167

  Prospect Hill, 60

  Slaughter Pen, 61

  Smithfield Plantation, 60

  Stafford Heights, 56

  Stratton House, 62

  Sunken Road, 61, 62, 159, 167

  Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, 146

  Fredericksburg ghosts, 62–63

  Caroline Street Café footprints, 64–65

  Caroline Street house, 63–64

  Chimneys, the, 69–74

  EVP findings, 73–74

  Kenmore Inn, 74–77

  Lady in White at Chatham Manor, 6, 223

  Nicodemus, 71–74

  silverware flying off tables, 6

  Smythe’s Cottage, 65–66

  St. George’s Episcopal Church, 67–69

  Sunken Road, 159

  Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 83

  French, Leland, 116–117

  Friends of the Wilderness Battlefield, 146

  Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, 71

  Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 71–72

  Fuller, William Allen, 178

  Furqueron, James R., 224

  Gallie, John B., 215

  ghost of, 217–218

  Gartrell, Lucy, 181–182

  Gartrell, Mary Annie, 180–182

  Georgia Memorial Association, 179

  Getty, George, 138, 139–140

  Gettysburg, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 19, 82, 110, 118, 154, 170, 183, 197, 205, 214

  Benner’s Hill, 91

  Big Round Top, 90–91

  Cashtown Inn, 9, 88, 93, 102–103

  Cemetery Ridge, 89, 92, 167

  Culp’s Hill, 89, 90, 91

  Devil’s Den, 5, 90

  East Cemetery Hill, 91

  Lady Farm, 91

  Little Round Top, 90–91, 92, 100–101

  Oak Ridge, 89

  Peach Orchard, 90, 101

  Pickett’s Charge, 7, 92–93

  Seminary Ridge, 89, 92

  Wheatfield, 6, 90, 101

  Gettysburg (movie), 7

  Gettysburg Address, 9, 110

  Gettysburg ghosts, 10, 93–94, 160, 164

  campfires, phantom, 6, 149

  Cashtown Inn, 9, 102–103

  Devil’s Den, 5

  EVP findings, 9, 102–106

  Gettysburg & Northern Railroad engine house, 103

  Gettysburg College Blue Boy of Stevens Hall, 97–99

  Gettysburg College elevator, 94–97

  Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours HQ, 103–106

  Kuhn’s Brickyard, 104

  Phantom Battalion/Regiment, 6, 100–101

  Pickett’s Charge, cold spots in field of, 7

  Spangler’s Spring Woman in White, 99–100

  Wheatfield, 6

  Gettysburg National Cemetery, 227

  “Ghost of Lookout Mountain, The,” 131–132

  Ghosts, overview of

  channeling, defined, 72

  Civil War, reasons for associations with, 2–4

  ghost, defined, 1–2

  EVP, described, vii, 9–10

  hauntings, types of, 5–7

  linger, why spirits, 7–9

  scientific explanations, 4–5

  warp, defined, 95

  Ghosts: Washington’s Most Famous Ghost Stories (Alexander), 225

  Ghosts of America, 204

  Ghosts of Fort Monroe, The (Polonsky and Drum), 42–44

  Ghosts of Franklin (Thessin), 189

  Ghosts of Gettysburg (Nesbitt), 94, 95, 98

  Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours, 103–106, 234

  Ghosts of Lookout Mountain (Hillhouse), 130–131

  Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley (Kotarski), 121, 122, 128–130

  Gibbon, John, 60

  Glass, Andrew, 115

  Glassel, John, 69

  Glory (movie), 214

  Glover, Jane Porter, 179

  Gordon, Eleanor “Nellie” Lytle Kinzie, 209–211

  Gordon, John B., 41, 53, 145

  Gordon, William Washington I, 209

  Gordon, William Washington II (“Willie” ), 209–210

  ghost of, 210–211

  Gorham, Sanford, 180

  Goulder, Grace, 194–195

  Granbury, Hiram B., 186

  Grant, Julia, 228

  Grant, Ulysses S., 172, 173, 228

  Appomattox, 219, 220

  Chattanooga, 124–125, 127–128

  Cold Harbor, 166, 167, 219

  ghost of, 43–44

  Petersburg, 219–220

  portrait of, in Fredericksburg, 66

  as president, 230

  Shiloh, 25–29

  Spotsylvania, 152–154, 157, 161, 166, 219

  Vicksburg, 107–110, 220

  Wilderness, the, 137, 140–142, 145, 146, 152

  Green, Ben, 136

  Green, Mary, 179

  Gregg, Maxcy, 60

  Guide to Historic Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg, 224

  Guiley, Rosemary Ellen, 159

  Hall, Norman J., 58

  Hancock, Winfield S.

  Spotsylvania, 154–155

  Wilderness, the, 140, 141, 143–144, 154–155

  Haney, Mr., 198–199

  Harris, Ira, 228

  Harris, Isham G., 26

  Harrison, Noel, 83, 85

  Hartsuff, G. L., 222

  HauntedAmericaTours.com, 122

  Haunted Georgia (Brown), 205

  Haunted Places to Go, 116

  Haunted Tennessee (Brown), 190

  Hauntings and Horrors (Cohen), 204

  Hays, Alexander, 140

  Hazen, William B., 215–216

  Hazlett, Charles, 18

  Henry, Judith, 13

  Herndon, Brodie, 69

  Heth, Henry, 88

  Hill, A. P.

  Antietam, 48

  Chancellorsville, 80

  Gettysburg, 88, 102

  Peninsula, the, 39, 41

  Wilderness, the, 140

  Hill, D. H., 41, 53

  Hillhouse, Larry, 130–131

  Historic Savannah Foundation, 207

  Holzer, Hans, 1–2, 197, 198

  Hood, John Bell

  Chickamauga, 183

  Franklin, 183–184, 188, 189

  Gettysburg, 183

  Kennesaw Mountain, 174

  Manassas, Second, 16, 17

  Peninsula Campa
ign, 39

  Hooker, Joseph, 78–81, 83, 124–126

  Howard, Mary Elizabeth, 115, 116

  Howard, O. O., 210

  Howard, Stephen, 115, 116

  Howell, Margaret, 44

  Huey, Pennock, 86

  Hunt, Henry, 58

  Hunt, Valerie V., 3

  Infinite Mind (Hunt), 3

  Iverson, Alfred, 89

  Jackson, Andrew, 43

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall,” 46, 145, 147

  Antietam, 47

  Chancellorsville, 79–85, 147

  Fredericksburg, 60, 61

  ghost horse of, 147–148

  Manassas, First, 12–12

  Manassas, Second, 14, 15–17, 18

  Peninsula Campaign, 38–40

  Jacobs, Ralph, 162

  Johnson, Andrew, 232

  Johnson, Lady Bird, 230

  Johnson, Leonard, 193

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 230

  Johnson’s Island (Ohio prison), 3

  Confederate Cemetery, 194, 195

  described, 192–194

  ghosts, 194–196

  Johnston, Albert Sidney, 25, 26–27, 34

  Johnston, Joseph E.

  Kennesaw Mountain, 172–174

  Manassas, First, 11

  Peninsula, the, 37–38

  Vicksburg, 108

  Jones, John Paul, 67

  Journal of Near-Death Studies, 5

  Jurgenson, Frederick, 9

  Kearny, Philip, 24

  Keenan, Peter, 86

  Kennesaw Mountain

  battle described, 172–176

  Big Kennesaw Mountain, 173

  Cheatham Hill, 175, 177, 178

  Dead Angle, 175–176, 177

  Gilgal Church, 173

  Kolb’s Farm, 174, 179

  Little Kennesaw Mountain, 174

  Lost Mountain, 173

  Marietta, 173, 176, 179–181

  New Hope Church (“Hell Hole”), 173

  Pickett’s Mill, 173

  Pigeon Hill, 174, 177

  Pine Mountain, 173

  Rocky Face Ridge, 173

  Kennesaw Mountain ghosts, 176–177

  Cheatham Hill, 178

  Dead Angle, 177

  EVP findings, 177

  Marietta City Cemetery, 180–182

  Marietta Confederate Cemetery, 179–180

  Women in Black, 180–182

  Key, Francis Scott, 226

  Key, Philip Barton, 226–227

  Kilpatrick, Judson, 134–135

  Kitzmiller, Mrs., 104, 105

  Knoxville, 125, 128

  Kolb, Peter, 174

  Kotarski, Georgianna C., 120–121, 122, 128–130

  Krishnamurthy, Kiran, 221

  Lacy, Beverley Tucker, 147

  Lacy, J. Horace, 146, 147

  Ladies’ Aid Society, 179

  Lafayette, Marquis de, 146

  Lanier, Gina, 122

  Lee, Henry “Light-Horse Harry,” 146

 

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