neighbor's parents found a Union soldier's body when they had a pool put in a number of years ago. Their house is right in the middle of one of the worst battlefields of the war.
neighbor's parents found a Union soldier's body when they had a pool put in a number of years ago. Their house is right in the middle of one of the worst battlefields of the war.
neighbor's parents found a Union soldier's body when they had a pool put in a number of years ago. Their house is right in the middle of one of the worst battlefields of the war.
I just tossed aside so many bones like that while digging for buried treasure in the yard. Had no idea they could have been linked to the civil war. They could have been worth something...
One of the creepiest things I've ever experienced was getting off the paths and walking through the forests in the Wilderness.
As I was walking along in the leaves, I sank into a hole. And as I inspected the ground, I noticed it was a series of shallow graves (not foxholes or trenches).
Both armies had engaged and disengaged from the Wilderness Battle so quickly that there wasn't time to dig graves and dig proper graves (in fact, locals said for weeks it was impossible to travel near the area because of the smell). After the war, body-recovering parties (often ex-slaves) were sent to find and dig up the bodies... many of which are now buried in the Federal Cemetery on Marye's Heights.
What I stepped into was clearly the remnants of those old shallow graves.
One of the creepiest things I've ever experienced was getting off the paths and walking through the forests in the Wilderness.
As I was walking along in the leaves, I sank into a hole. And as I inspected the ground, I noticed it was a series of shallow graves (not foxholes or trenches).
Both armies had engaged and disengaged from the Wilderness Battle so quickly that there wasn't time to dig graves and dig proper graves (in fact, locals said for weeks it was impossible to travel near the area because of the smell). After the war, body-recovering parties (often ex-slaves) were sent to find and dig up the bodies... many of which are now buried in the Federal Cemetery on Marye's Heights.
What I stepped into was clearly the remnants of those old shallow graves.
I will always remember what a amazing trip it was, we stayed in a motel just outside of town and it was creepy because we were aware of how many men were killed here and there are many tales of ghosts wandering around Gettysburg. We toured the battlefield, and I have been mesmerized about the history and especially the Civil War ever since.
One of the creepiest things I've ever experienced was getting off the paths and walking through the forests in the Wilderness.
As I was walking along in the leaves, I sank into a hole. And as I inspected the ground, I noticed it was a series of shallow graves (not foxholes or trenches).
Both armies had engaged and disengaged from the Wilderness Battle so quickly that there wasn't time to dig graves and dig proper graves (in fact, locals said for weeks it was impossible to travel near the area because of the smell). After the war, body-recovering parties (often ex-slaves) were sent to find and dig up the bodies... many of which are now buried in the Federal Cemetery on Marye's Heights.
What I stepped into was clearly the remnants of those old shallow graves.
That's crazy. The pool story is wild too. I need to get to some more sites. I have been to quite a few, but I still haven't seen some of the major battlefields within a day's drive for me.
Gettysburg many times. At dusk, this weird mist usually comes up from the ground. It's probably from the little creek that runs through the battlefield but still creepy. One time, my wife and I were doing the driving tour in our convertible. I took a picture of her and there are hundreds of floating orbs in the background.
Then we stayed at the Farnsworth Inn, the "most haunted Inn in America." It was crappy and overpriced and the owner is an asshole.
slight millering but I just finished a very good book Â
called "The Immortal Irishman", about Thomas Maegher, who (among other things in an incredible if pretty short life) founded the Irish Brigade, which fought in some of the battles you're discussing, like Bull Run. The Irish Brigade were given some of the most suicidal jobs in the battles and acquitted themselves well (but suffered huge casualties). It's a good book all around but includes some pretty graphic descriptions of these horrific battles. Link - ( New Window )
Which one?
WOW... What part of Md?
Well, that’s about how close the Union army got, so, yeah.
As I was walking along in the leaves, I sank into a hole. And as I inspected the ground, I noticed it was a series of shallow graves (not foxholes or trenches).
Both armies had engaged and disengaged from the Wilderness Battle so quickly that there wasn't time to dig graves and dig proper graves (in fact, locals said for weeks it was impossible to travel near the area because of the smell). After the war, body-recovering parties (often ex-slaves) were sent to find and dig up the bodies... many of which are now buried in the Federal Cemetery on Marye's Heights.
What I stepped into was clearly the remnants of those old shallow graves.
As I was walking along in the leaves, I sank into a hole. And as I inspected the ground, I noticed it was a series of shallow graves (not foxholes or trenches).
Both armies had engaged and disengaged from the Wilderness Battle so quickly that there wasn't time to dig graves and dig proper graves (in fact, locals said for weeks it was impossible to travel near the area because of the smell). After the war, body-recovering parties (often ex-slaves) were sent to find and dig up the bodies... many of which are now buried in the Federal Cemetery on Marye's Heights.
What I stepped into was clearly the remnants of those old shallow graves.
Wow. Creepy and cool at the same time.
We went during Spring break and pulled into town as it was starting to get dark. It was unseasonably warm and windy.
I immediately drove to Little Round Top as I played on our CD player the book on tape - Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.
As we listed to the CD narrator talk about Chamberlain and the 20th Main we drove up to almost the exact spot.
The parking lot was empty. My kids were spooked and refused to get out of the car.
My wife and I walked down the path to the 20th Maine memorial. It was spooky.
We also did a Gettysburg ghost tour that was fun.
As I was walking along in the leaves, I sank into a hole. And as I inspected the ground, I noticed it was a series of shallow graves (not foxholes or trenches).
Both armies had engaged and disengaged from the Wilderness Battle so quickly that there wasn't time to dig graves and dig proper graves (in fact, locals said for weeks it was impossible to travel near the area because of the smell). After the war, body-recovering parties (often ex-slaves) were sent to find and dig up the bodies... many of which are now buried in the Federal Cemetery on Marye's Heights.
What I stepped into was clearly the remnants of those old shallow graves.
That's crazy. The pool story is wild too. I need to get to some more sites. I have been to quite a few, but I still haven't seen some of the major battlefields within a day's drive for me.
Then we stayed at the Farnsworth Inn, the "most haunted Inn in America." It was crappy and overpriced and the owner is an asshole.
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