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Civil War Ghost Trails

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by Mark Nesbitt


  Lee, Marguerite DuPont, 67–68, 222–223

  Lee, Robert E., 42, 146, 172, 210

  Antietam, 46–49

  Appomattox, 219, 220, 223–224

  Chancellorsville, 78–82, 84, 87

  Cold Harbor, 166, 219

  Fredericksburg, 55–56, 62, 78

  Gettysburg, 82, 87–93, 110

  ghost of, 224

  Manassas, Second, 14–17, 19, 46

  Peninsula Campaign, 38–41

  Petersburg, 219–220

  Spotsylvania, 152–155, 157, 166, 219

  Wilderness, the, 137, 141–143, 152

  Lewis, Fielding, 74

  Libby (prison), 134

  Lightburn, A. J., 174

  Lincoln, Abraham, 207

  assassination of, 227–234

  Emancipation Proclamation, 49

  Gettysburg Address, 9, 110

  ghost of, 43, 229–231

  wartime decisions, 11, 14, 29, 49, 107, 110, 124, 134, 212, 222, 226

  Lincoln, Eddie, 229

  Lincoln, Mary Todd, 228, 229, 234

  Lincoln, Willie, 229

  ghost of, 230

  Long, Armistead, 84

  Longstreet, James, 78, 147

  Chickamauga, 119

  Fredericksburg, 61

  Gettysburg, 90–92, 226

  ghost horse of, 147–148

  Manassas, Second, 14–19

  Peninsula Campaign, 40, 41

  Wilderness, the, 137, 141–144

  Low, Juliette Gordon, 207, 209, 210

  Madison, Dolley, ghost of, 225

  Madison, James, 146

  Magruder, John B., 37

  Manassas (Bull Run), First, 18, 19, 20, 46, 167

  battle described, 11–14

  Chinn Ridge, 13

  Cub Run Bridge, 13

  Deep Cut, 18

  Dump, The, 18

  Henry Hill, 12, 13, 18

  Matthews Hill, 12

  Manassas (Bull Run), Second, 46

  battle described, 14–19

  Brawner Farm, 15, 167

  Catlett’s Station, 15

  Cedar Mountain, 14

  Groveton, 15, 16

  Henry Hill, 18

  Stoney Ridge, 16

  Manassas ghosts

  “charred” odor, Ballou and, 20–21

  EVP findings, 24

  machinery, broken, 23–24

  Stone House, 21–23

  Zouave, headless, 19–20

  Markle, Donald E., 232

  Martin, David G., 15

  Maynard, Nettie Colburn, 229

  McCarty, Ella, 67–68

  McClellan, George B., 55, 166

  Antietam, 47–49

  Manassas, Second, 14

  Peninsula Campaign, 36–42

  McDowell, Irvin, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18

  McGavock family, 188–189

  McPherson, James B. (Union general), 108, 173, 174

  McPherson, James M. (historian), 173

  Meade, George G.

  Fredericksburg, 60, 61

  Gettysburg, 88, 91, 226

  Spotsylvania, 153, 161

  Wilderness, the, 137–140

  Mechanicsville Local, 169

  Military Ghosts, 214

  Mississippi Paranormal Society, 117

  Mississippi Paranormal Times, 115–116, 117

  Mixon, Alexander, 156

  Monroe, James, 146

  Murray family, 116

  Napoleon I, emperor of the French, 42

  Nashville Campaign. See Franklin entries

  National Park Service, 21, 33, 51–52, 107, 133, 149, 158, 170, 177, 234

  casualty estimates, 13, 19

  Nesbitt, Carol, investigations

  Andersonville, 205

  Chancellorsville, 82

  Chattanooga, 128, 132–133

  Fort McAllister, 218

  Fredericksburg, 73

  Gettysburg, 105

  Kennesaw Mountain, 176–177

  Shiloh, 33

  Spotsylvania, 160, 161

  Vicksburg, 110

  Wilderness, the, 150–151

  Nesbitt, Mark, investigations

  Andersonville, 205

  Chancellorsville, 82–83, 85, 86

  Chattanooga, 128, 132–133

  Cold Harbor, 170–171

  Fort McAllister, 218

  Franklin, 191

  Fredericksburg, 72–74, 159

  Gettysburg, 9, 10, 93–99, 102–106

  Ghosts of Gettysburg, 94, 95, 98

  Kennesaw Mountain, 176–177

  Manassas, 19, 24

  Point Lookout, 197–200

  Shiloh, 33–35

  Spotsylvania, 158–165

  Vicksburg, 110–111

  Wilderness, the, 150–151

  Off the Beaten Path, 32

  Oglethorpe, James, 206

  Olmstead, Charles H., 212, 215

  Oxenrider, Libby, 208–209

  Paine, Lewis (Lewis Powell), 232

  Palmetto Ranch, 219

  Paul, William, 67

  Pederson, Deb, 158

  Pelham, John, 16, 60

  Pellegrino, Julie, 72–74

  Pemberton, John C., 108–109, 110

  Peninsula Campaign (Seven Days), 14, 46

  Allen’s Farm, 39–40

  battles described, 36–42

  Drewry’s Bluff, 37

  Fort Monroe, 36, 38, 42–45

  Gaines’ Mill, 39, 166

  Glendale, 40–41

  Harrison’s Landing, 39

  Malvern Hill, 41

  Savage’s Station, 39–40

  Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), 38–39

  White House Landing, 38, 39

  White Oak Swamp, 40

  Williamsburg, 37

  Yorktown, 36

  Peninsula ghosts of Fort Monroe

  Davis, Varina, 44

  Grant, Ulysses, 43–44

  Lincoln, Abraham, 43

  Quarters Number One, 42–43

  White Lady (Light Lady), 44–45

  Petersburg

  Appomattox Station, 220

  battle described, 219–220

  Petersburg ghosts

  Center Hill, 222–223

  Dodson Tavern, 221–222

  High Street, 222

  Pettigrew, Johnston, 88

  Pickett, George E., 7, 92–93

  Pierce, Franklin, 43

  Poague, William, 142

  Point Lookout (Maryland prison), 3

  Camp Hoffman, 197

  Confederate Cemetery, 199–200

  described, 196–197

  EVP findings, 197, 198

  ghosts, 197–200

  Hammond General Hospital, 197

  Point Lookout Lighthouse, 196–199

  Polk, Leonidas, 173

  Polonsky, Jane Keane, 42–44

  Pope, John, 14–18

  Porter, David Dixon, 107–108

  Porter, Fitz John, 17

  Powell, Lewis (Lewis Paine), 232

  Prisons

  Andersonville, Georgia, 3, 200–205

  Belle Isle, 134, 135

  Elmira, New York, 3

  Johnson’s Island, Ohio, 3, 192–196

  Libby, 134

  overview of, 3, 192

  Point Lookout, Maryland, 3, 196–200

  Pryor, Campbell, 223

  Pulaski, Kazimierz, 212

  Ramsland, Katherine, 128, 132–133

  Rathbone, Clara Harris, 228

  Rathbone, Henry, 227–228 ghost of, 228–229

  Ray, Jimmy, 161

  Reynolds, John F., 18–19, 88–89

  Richardson, Israel, 50

  Richmond, 11, 15, 55, 78, 152, 154, 157, 166, 172, 173, 200, 220, 222

  Peninsula Campaign and, 36–39, 42, 46

  raid described, 134–135

  Richmond ghosts, 135–136

  Robb, Lynda Johnson, 230

  Robinson, Martin, 135–136

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 231

  Roosevelt, Fran
klin D., 230, 231

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 230

  Rosecrans, William S., 118–119, 124

  Roth, David, 21–22

  Rutledge, Ann, 229

  Savannah, described, 206–207

  Savannah ghosts

  EVP findings, 218

  Fort McAllister, 215–218

  Fort Pulaski, 211–215

  Juliette Gordon Low birthplace, 209–211

  Moon River Brewing Company, 208–209

  Riverfront shops, 207–208

  Tybee Island, 212, 213–214

  Savannah Spectres and Other Strange Tales (DeBolt), 213–214

  Schofield, John M., 173, 174, 183

  Second Bull Run Campaign, The (Martin), 15

  Sedgwick, John

  Chancellorsville, 78, 81

  Gettysburg, 154

  Spotsylvania, 153, 154

  Wilderness, the, 139, 142–143, 145

  Sense of Being Stared At, The (Sheldrake), 112–113

  Seven Days. See Peninsula Campaign

  Seward, William Henry, 232

  Sharpsburg. See Antietam

  Sheldrake, Rupert, 112–113

  Sheridan, Philip, 154, 166, 220

  Sherman, William Tecumseh, 210

  Chattanooga, 124–127

  Kennesaw Mountain, 172–174, 178

  Manassas, First, 12

  March to the Sea, 3–4, 206–207, 214, 215

  Shiloh, 26

  Vicksburg, 108, 109

  Shiloh, 8, 9

  battle described, 25–29

  Corinth, 25, 26

  Hornet’s Nest, 27–28

  Pittsburg Landing, 25, 26, 30

  Sunken Road, 27

  Shiloh ghosts

  Bloody Pond, 31–32

  caretaker’s house, 33

  dowsing rod findings, 33

  drummer boy, phantom, 30–31

  EVP findings, 34–35

  gray, vanishing man in, 32–33

  Shockle, Charles, 229

  Sickles, Daniel

  Chancellorsville, 80, 81

  Gettysburg, 90, 226

  ghost of, 225–227

  Sickles, Theresa Bagioli, 226–227

  Slawinski, Janusz, 5

  Southern Ghosts, 207, 208

  Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War (Markle), 232

  Spotsylvania, 2–3, 62, 145, 219

  battle described, 152–157

  Bloody Angle, 160, 166

  Laurel Hill, 153

  McCoull House, 154

  Mule Shoe line, 153–157

  Spindle Farm, 154

  Spotsylvania County Museum, 158–159

  Spotsylvania ghosts, 157–158

  Bloody Angle, 160

  courthouse, 160, 164–165

  escorts in black, 158–159

  EVP findings, 160, 163–164

  jail house, old, 162–164

  Marye Road, 158

  Stanton, Edwin M., 231

  Stepp, Tisdale, 155

  Stevenson, Robert Louis, 207

  Stone, Newton, 140

  Stuart, J. E. B.

  Antietam, 47

  Chancellorsville, 79, 80–81, 84, 85

  Fredericksburg, 60

  Manassas, Second, 14–15, 16

  Peninsula Campaign, 39

  Spotsylvania, 153

  Suffragettes, 233

  Sumner, Edwin V., 61

  Surratt, Annie, 232, 234

  Surratt, John, 231–232

  Surratt, John, Jr., 232

  Surratt, Mary, 231–234

  Surry of Eagle’s Nest (Cooke),21

  Sword, Gerry, 198, 199

  Sykes, Crystal, 169

  Sykes, William, 169

  Taylor, L. B., Jr., 20, 23, 136, 167–169, 223

  TheCabinet.com, 234

  Thessin, Margie Gould, 189

  Thomas, George H., 119, 124, 125, 173, 174

  Traveling Poor, 131–132

  Trimble, Isaac, 194

  Truman, Harry, 230

  Underground Railroad, 71–72

  Upton, Emory, 154

  Van Winkle, Tom, 146–148

  Vicksburg, 3, 118, 220

  battle described, 107–110

  Big Black River Bridge, 109

  Champion’s Hill, 109

  Railroad Redoubt, 109–110

  Stockade Redan, 109

  Vicksburg Daily Herald, 115

  Vicksburg ghosts, 110–111

  EVP findings, 114, 117

  Illinois State Memorial, 111–112

  McRaven Home, 115–117

  Old Court House Museum, 113–114

  Pennsylvania State memorial, 112–113

  Soldier in the Fog, 114

  Virginia Abolition Society, 71

  Virginia Ghosts (Lee), 67–68, 222

  Voices from Space, The (Jurgenson), 9

  Wadsworth, James S., 141, 143

  Walker, James A., 151

  Wallace, Lew, 28

  Ward, Henry, 165

  Warren, Gouverneur K.

  Gettysburg, 90–91

  Spotsylvania, 153

  Wilderness, the, 138, 146, 153

  Washington, George, 67, 74

  ghost of, 225

  Washington, Martha, 67

  Washington, Mary, 67

  Washington, D.C., 11, 13, 14, 21, 38, 42, 48, 78, 89, 172

  Washington, D.C., ghosts, 225–235

  Booth, John Wilkes, 234

  Ford’s Theatre, 228, 229, 234–235

  Fort Leslie McNair, 233–234

  Key, Philip Barton, 226–227

  Lafayette Square, 227, 228

  Lincoln, Abraham, 43, 229–231

  Rathbone, Henry, 227–229

  Sickles, Daniel, 225–227

  Surratt, Annie, 234

  Surratt, Mary, 231–234

  Surratt Boarding House, 233

  Washington Club, 227

  White House, 43, 229–234

  Washington Magazine, 20

  Was Lincoln a Spiritualist? (Maynard), 229

  Westmont, Samuel, 161

  Wheeler, Joseph, 210

  Whelan, Father, 205

  Wilder, John T., 119

  Wilderness, the, 23, 62, 79, 152, 153, 157, 166

  battle described, 137–145

  Chewning Farm, 142–143

  Higgerson Farm, 138

  Saunders Field, 137, 138–139

  Widow Tapp Farm, 141, 142

  Wilderness ghosts, 145–146

  campfires, phantom, 6, 149

  dowsing rod findings, 150–151

  Ellwood Manor, 146–149

  EVP findings, 151

  haunted houses, 149–150

  Wilhelmina, queen of the

  Netherlands, 230–231

  Wilson, Patty, 160–165

  Wilson, Woodrow, ghost of, 225

  Winn, Catherine, 179

  Winschel, Terry, 110–111

  Wirz, Henry, 201–204, 233

  Wray, J.F.,161

 

 

 


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