Ghost Attic Blood Stain Civil War

Cannonball fragments are lodged in joists to this day.

Ghost attic blood stain civil war.

It is no wonder that there are so many stories of ghosts who have stuck around the battlefields and farmhouses long after the war has finished. The one upstairs bedroom had blood stains in the wood that would never clean. No one knows what it is or where it comes from but many speculate that it s a blood stain left by the ghost of the little girl. It stands as a ghastly reminder of the horrors faced during 1863.

According to the american battlefield trust more than 10 500 military engagements were waged between april 1861 and may 1865 while the war officially ended in april the last battle didn t happen until may that s an average of around seven battles skirmishes and conflicts per day and. Strahl and hiram b. The bodies of four confederate generals patrick cleburne john adams otho f. Ghost stories continued throughout the ages including the story of a drowned wedding party that resurfaced from the river and foretold the coming of the civil war and esmerelda the daughter of a.

Within the barn and house doorjambs are etched with the initials of soldiers from the battle of gettysburg. Dried blood stains the walls and floors. The brownish stains make sense they seemed to be around an area used as an operating theater but given the porous nature of wood i imagine that the blood had. Bill sketoe s hole newton al.

One general isn t. Bill sketoe a short story subject in kathryn tucker windham s 13 alabama ghosts and jeffrey is reported to haunt the bridge over the choctawhatchee river in newton alabama during the civil war bill was the victim of a lynching for reportedly hiring a substitute to fight for him through the war while he came home to take care of his sick wife. Granbury were laid out on the back porch and the blood stains of the men treated there are still able to be seen today. My in laws once owned a very old home that was used as make shift hospital during the civil war.

Where the ghosts of the civil war haunt the blood stained battlefields by greg newkirk on 06 10 2015 nuekerk it s been 150 years since the civil war ended but for those who ve visited places like gettysburg it s clear that the battles fought between the north and south left a lasting impression on the. The amount of blood shed during the american civil war is so astronomical that it s almost unthinkable. Spirits of the fallen are especially active in the autumn months at dusk. The mausoleum s most interesting and eerie feature is the red stain above the mausoleum door.