Did you see any ghosts run across the road?

Is that the Afghan or Iraq war? I get them confused

Ragoo said:

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No but it was very somber feeling

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I haven't been to Gettysburg yet, but I suspect somber is the word that will be how I feel. Have visited lots of battle sites, Tarawa, Belleau Wood, Flanders Field, areas along the Meuse-Argonne, and most of the American WWI cemeteries in France. Somber is the word I'd use to describe them all.

HollyB83 said:

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It's sad the Illegal aggressors won that battle.

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The invading side lost that one

I totally agree always somber...

But I saw a video... there were possibly some ghosts walking across the road. Let's stay on topic, okay?

Two places I thought I could feel the ghosts.

Devil's Den - you can easily imagine the kill box that place was. It looked like good coverage for the Rebs coming from the west but you were a dead man once you got in there.

Little Round Top - I know modern historians discount the 20th Maine and Col. Joshua Chamberlain for their actions here on the 2nd day of the battle. But that place very likely was the spot the Union was saved. The next 150 years of human history would likely be very different had the 20th Maine not repelled the 15th Alabama on that site.

I usually talk to the people at the front desk right away and they direct me to the very field where my ancestors fought. Just tell them where they came from and who they were with. That's always a chilling feeling standing there looking and wondering what it would have been like. Pea Ridge, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Gettysburg on and on..

I've never seen one, but I have a friend who lives in a part of Georgia where there are battlefields. I've been riding or driving there several times and had the automatic brakes activate for no reason - it's happened in different vehicles on different stretches of road. Her neighbors told me it happens to them frequently too. They swear that it's because of ghosts crossing the roads.

wbt5845 said:

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Two places I thought I could feel the ghosts.

Devil's Den - you can easily imagine the kill box that place was. It looked like good coverage for the Rebs coming from the west but you were a dead man once you got in there.

Little Round Top - I know modern historians discount the 20th Maine and Col. Joshua Chamberlain for their actions here on the 2nd day of the battle. But that place very likely was the spot the Union was saved. The next 150 years of human history would likely be very different had the 20th Maine not repelled the 15th Alabama on that site.

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Yep. If the Union loses Little Round Top on day 2 the Confederates hold that high ground day 3 and can pummel the ridge below them with artillery and break the Union. It was hand to hand and bayonet defense by the Union.

Shakes the Clown said:

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I've been "studying" paranormal for about 6 years, this is the best Confederate ghost video I've ever seen.



appears at 1:50 mark

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Edit: NM. Blow the video up to full-screen to see it.

HollyB83 said:

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It's sad the Illegal aggressors won that battle.

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I like it. What you said.

I can easily see -If you can't see it, you just don't want to see it.

This is what I saw.

I've seen the ghost light on Bragg Road. Does that count?

Wearer of the Ring said:

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I've seen the ghost light on Bragg Road. Does that count?

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Pure Southeast Texas.

Looked it up on google maps recently and saw they actually renamed it the Ghost Light Road or something. Guess that counts as tourism once you get away from the bright lights of Tarkington or Honey Island.

Ghosts aren't real. Grow up.

My wife & I were on the grounds near the visitor center at the Vicksburg National Battlefield site recently. While walking around and taking a few pictures, we starting smelling gunpowder. Looked around and couldn't figure out what would cause the smell to take place. Kind of eerie.

Maybe all the gunpowder

Did yall have eggs for breakfast?

Harry Lime said:

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Did yall have eggs for breakfast?

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Honest honey, someone shot a gun.

HollyB83 said:

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It's sad the Illegal aggressors won that battle.

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That's Lee's fault. He replaced Stonewall Jackson with Ewell. If he had replaced him with Longstreet the Confederates would have won that battle

The reason we thought the gunpowder smell was odd was, at the time that we were visiting, the park was closed due to covid-19. The few people that were there were only walking around by the visitor center and the entrance reading markers, taking pictures, etc. That's why we thought the smell of gunpowder out of nowhere was unexpected. Maybe there was a ghostly battle taking place, in reference to the original post.

Roots86 said:

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I can easily see -If you can't see it, you just don't want to see it.

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looked like a Roman Gladiator. Didn't realize they had them in Pa.

Visited for the first time back in 2017. Got up to go on a run before daylight so I could be around Devils Den, LRT area at dawn to see if i could Get that cool ground hugging mist effect. Apparently 5 am is pretty well daylight there at the end of June. Going back next year. Want to walk Pickets Charge and also retrace the steps of my relatives in the 5th Texas from their step off point through Devils Den and up to LRT. Also distantly related to William C Oates of 15th Alabama fame.


Now I did experience some weird **** on the Pleasant Hill battlefield.

(Note I am an Uber history nerd and do civil war re-enacting when the world isn't all ****ed up and everything is shut down)

JABQ04 said:

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Now I did experience some weird **** on the Pleasant Hill battlefield.

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Ummm, story, please?

JABQ04 said:

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Want to walk Pickets Charge and also retrace the steps of my relatives in the 5th Texas from their step off point through Devils Den and up to LRT.

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That's some pretty serious hiking. Sounds like fun. My CSA ancestors were all out west, so did't have any units to trace when I went.

aglaohfour said:

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JABQ04 said:

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Now I did experience some weird **** on the Pleasant Hill battlefield.

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Ummm, story, please?

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Well shoot. Had a long message typed out but have ****ty service at work and it didn't take.

Did a re-enactment at Pleasant Hill, LA in 2005. Relatively small battle compared to more famous ones but largest battle fought wet of Mississippi River. During the battle a company of USCT gets caught in one of the ravines that are all over and even though they tried to surrender are all shot down (or so legend has it). Anyways, during re-enactment we sleep on a section of the original battlefield pretty close to some ravines and gulleys and near some original 1864 rifle pits and such. (They're only like shin deep now). Go to sleep. Wake up sometime at O-dark thirty to pee. Walk away from our group to the woods. As I'm taking a piss, all of a sudden all the nighttime nature ambience stops. The hair on the back of my neck stands up and then I hear what sounds like hundreds of people shuffling through the underbrush and leaves. (Think the sound of many people walking through leaves). Well it freaks me out, I finish peeing and haul ass to my bedroll and honest to god pull the blanket up over me. Wake up at daylight and ask if anybody else was out and about, heard anything similiar and nothing. Don't think it was anybody else either walking around in pitch black rough country. IIRC the date we re-enacted the battle was also the actual date of the battle. I dunno, scared me pretty good