Old Civil War Hospital

Madison was spared by General Sherman's March to the Sea, leaving much of its historic district, including this building, standing today. During the Civil War it served as a hospital for both Union and Confederate wounded, a period locals believe left the building marked by its patients' suffering. Visitors and former staff report footsteps climbing the stairs at night, a tall man in black glimpsed at the top of the staircase, a woman in an old-fashioned blue dress in one of the rooms, and unexplained sounds moving through the basement.