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Acworth, Georgia
On October 5, 1864, roughly 3,200 Confederate troops under General Samuel French attacked the Union garrison holding the Western and…
Leesburg, Virginia
The Battle of Ball's Bluff, fought October 21, 1861, was a Union defeat in which many soldiers drowned trying to escape down the bluff into…
Rye, Colorado
In the late summer of 1779, New Mexico's Spanish governor, Juan Bautista de Anza, led roughly 600 soldiers south from Santa Fe, joined…
Preston, Idaho
On January 29, 1863, California Volunteer troops under Colonel Patrick Connor attacked a Northwestern Shoshone winter village along the…
Four Oaks, North Carolina
Bentonville Battlefield was the site of the largest battle fought in North Carolina, March 19 to 21, 1865, in the last months of the Civil…
Shiloh, Tennessee
The Battle of Shiloh, fought April 6–7, 1862, left more than 23,000 Union and Confederate soldiers killed, wounded or missing. Bloody Pond,…
Kennesaw, Georgia
Hikers near the Illinois Monument at Cheatham Hill report hearing marching orders called out and the sound of footsteps from a large body…
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 18-20, 1863, was the second-bloodiest battle of the Civil War after Gettysburg, with nearly…
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
For three days in July 1863, the fields and ridgelines around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hosted the largest battle ever…
Kennesaw, Georgia
Visitors to Kennesaw Mountain describe Confederate soldiers in bloody, war-torn clothing who vanish when approached, translucent figures…
Manassas, Virginia
Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves the grounds of the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861 and the Second Battle in August…
New Edinburg, Arkansas
Visitors to Marks' Mills Battleground State Park have reported the sound of gunfire and marching soldiers carrying through the trees. On…
Wabash, Indiana
On December 17-18, 1812, American troops under Lt. Col. John Campbell attacked Miami villages along the Mississinewa River near present-day…
Olustee, Florida
At Olustee Battlefield, visitors and Civil War reenactors describe orbs and the apparitions of soldiers on the battlefield, especially…
Petersburg, Virginia
Pamplin Historical Park is a 424-acre site with a National Historic Landmark battlefield from the 1865 Union breakthrough at Petersburg,…
Perryville, Kentucky
The Battle of Perryville, fought on October 8, 1862, was the largest Civil War battle fought in Kentucky, with thousands of casualties in a…
Dallas, Georgia
At Pickett's Mill, visitors and staff report gunfire and voices carrying across the field at dusk, and figures glimpsed moving between the…
Kiowa County, Colorado
On November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led about 675 U.S. volunteer soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Colorado Cavalry in an attack on a…
Battle Ground, Indiana
At Tippecanoe Battlefield, visitors near the creek after dark report hearing battle cries and seeing human forms running through the woods.…
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the battlefield of the 47-day Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, one of the turning points of the Civil…
Yorktown, Virginia
Local ghost lore says soldiers from both the Revolution and the Civil War are seen wandering Yorktown Battlefield, and ghost-tour…