A Haunted South
Brother against brother, father against son. There are so many deeply tragic stories that came out of that horrible time. What is left, now, a century and a half later, are scars that will never go away. Torn families that never uttered a word to their loved ones again. Vast mansions, homes and buildings burned to the ground. Dead and dying left in their wake. Voices which cry out in the dark and damp southern night.
Even today, there are new tales of lost souls from that dark time in our history. Homes that survived have their own stories to tell.
Soldiers never to find their way home. Lost children cannot find their mother. Freed slaves having nowhere to go, starving and separated from their families in a rush to survive flaming plantations.
Fear and suffering for more than half of our nation, all within the space of a few years, took its toll on our Southern States. There is not an inch of southern soil not tainted somehow from those horrible years. In many ways, the south was never restored, and still reeks of death.
What follows on this page are just a tidbit. A small sample, of some of the haunted southern mansions and other places in a haunted south, crying out for their voices to finally be heard.
May our acknowledgement of their plight somehow allow these lost souls to find a way to rest in peace, at long last!
The Spookiest Stuff Here
- Little Gracie
- Lee-Fendall House
- Civil War Ghosts
- The Haunted Tabernacle Cemetery
- Edgewood Plantation, Charles City Virginia.
- Miss Betty tells a Ghost "Truth"
- Haunting Tales from the Civil War South
- The Ghost Battle of Cashtown Inn
- Civil War Ghosts Reside at the Cashtown Inn
- Most Haunted Southern Mansions
- John Denton
- Civil War Ghosts in fact and fiction
- The Myrtles Plantation....circa 1796
- The tale of the Myrtle Plantation
- Haunted Sorrel-Weed House Ghost - Savannah
Little Gracie
A very young Savannah Ghost
Lee-Fendall House
The former home of General Robert E. Lee
The house was converted into a hospital for Union soldiers during the Civil War. Today, it is a historic museum. Visitors claim to see ghosts and feel other paranormal activity.
The house was recently featured on the television show "Ghost Hunters" on the Sci Fi channel
Civil War Ghosts
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- Back to Books: Ghosts of the Civil War
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The Haunted Tabernacle Cemetery
Greenwood, South Carolina
Brigadier General Nathan George "Shanks" Evans and Confederate Brigadier General Martin Witherspoon Gary are said to be buried here along with other civil war soldiers.
Edgewood Plantation, Charles City Virginia.
Edgewood plantation boasts to be part of the ancestral home of U.S. Presidents William Henry and Benjamin Harrison and used by the Confederate army during the Civil War.
Today, it is national and state landmark and is rumored to be full of paranormal activity, including full-bodied apparitions.
The house was used during the civil war as a look out post for the Confederates against the Union soldiers. A soldier was hidden in the attic who still keeps a look out in the eaves behind a trap door.
It was also said that Lizzy Roland once lived there - engaged to a soldier that never returned, it is said you can see her standing in the window waiting for him to come back to her.
Miss Betty tells a Ghost "Truth"
She says it's not a story because it really happened!
Gaines Ridge
Welcome to Alabama's Ghost Trail! A ghostly tale about a mysterious scream late one night in an 1827 antebellum home located in the heart of the Black Belt. Check out the menu and dining hours of this haunted restaurant at http://www.wilcoxwebworks.com/gr/
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Haunting Tales from the Civil War South
Civil War Ghost Stories and Legends
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Civil War Ghost Stories
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Civil War Ghosts of Virginia
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The Ghost Battle of Cashtown Inn
Civil War Ghosts Reside at the Cashtown Inn
They will pack your bags for you - and send you on your way!
"TVs mysteriously turn off and on and guests have reported returning to their rooms to find their suitcases packed. Some have even been awoken in the night by the sound of horses trampling through their bedroom. People regularly hear ghostly footsteps on the third floor, especially in the Robert E Lee room."
http://www.scaryforkids.com/cashtown-inn/
"The basement of the Cashtown Inn, which was built in 1797, served as a surgery room for Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Inn co-owner Jack Paladino said stories about the horrors that happened in this basement -- as well as ghostly activity -- keep several of his employees from venturing down to it often."
http://www.yorkdailyrecord.com/ci_8507554
The Cashtown Inn
Haunted House Gear
to spook your friends!
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a "Strong Union Man" and ..........murderer?
It is known that Alfred Denton, the father of the Denton brothers, was a "strong Union Man". The Brick house where the Curtis brothers of the Confederate Army were murdered by John Denton was said to be haunted by their ghosts.
Civil War Ghosts in fact and fiction
Great American Writers remember the war in which everyone took sides - even the dead
Read "Miranda"... a civil war Ghost story by John Jakes
"....the same ghastly white-eyed creature I had glimpsed down by the creek stood in the wide doorway which led from the hall...."
Can you tell a good story?
These southerners talk about how to "spin a yarn"
The Myrtles Plantation....circa 1796
The tale of the Myrtle Plantation
"So There I was"
So, There I Was...
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The Myrtles Plantation....now
"One of America's Most Haunted Homes"
The Myrtles Plantation
Have you ever been in a haunted Southern Mansion
Do tell! (they all seem spooky to me!)
All comments are welcome and encouraged!
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Sep 26, 2009 @ 10:17 am
- Enjoyed reading about the Haunted Antebellum Mansions.
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- Joan4 Joan4 Sep 23, 2009 @ 7:24 am
- Fantastic lens! I totally enjoyed this! I loved Miss Betty's video! Blessed by a SquidAngel!
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- mukunda22 mukunda22 Sep 22, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
- KK, this is a fascinating lens. Joan and I talk about the haunted homes throughout the South all the time, and now this lens makes me think the South is more haunted that I originally thought!!
Yikes!! *****5 and faved!
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- KarenKay KarenKay Sep 22, 2009 @ 8:32 pm | in reply to bdkz
- Yay! Thanks so much Bonnie!
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- bdkz bdkz Sep 22, 2009 @ 3:54 pm
- Congratulations! You've been SquidBoo Blasted. Happy Halloween!
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
A Haunting Story about the dark side of Savannah Society
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Haunted Sorrel-Weed House Ghost - Savannah
Haunted Sorrel-Weed House Ghost - Savannah
We took the last tour of the evening on 07/07/09 and after the tour we stayed around getting more video. The last few seconds of the last clip I shot, long after the tour ended, shows a woman, dressed in a black, full, antebellum style dress, and clutching a cape at her breast, walking across the porch. The exit from the property is through a gate near the tree in the middle of the video. Our car was parked just off screen on the left. There were 3 of us and we saw no one exit the house nor pass out through the gate onto the street. We were there for awhile and the streets were completely deserted as it was after 1:00 AM. If someone from the house had exited I would have talked to them to gather more footage about the house, but we saw no one else in the area. Whats that you say? It has to be an employee leaving the house that we did not notice... That must be it cause we all know there aren't any REAL ghosts.... Right? Ghost Hunters Walking Tour: Sorrel-Weed House 6 W Harris St Savannah, GA 31401 (912) 236-8888 http://www.savannahtours.net Sonic Video http://sonicvideo.com/GhostHunters
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