All Haunted Battlefields

Antietam National Battlefield

Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, Maryland

A group of schoolboys from the McDonough School in Owings Mills, Maryland…

Burnside Bridge

Burnside Bridge

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Four hundred and fifty Georgians held this bridge against 14,000 Union soldiers for three hours. The math is absurd.

Camp Nelson National Monument

Camp Nelson National Monument

Nicholasville, Kentucky

On November 22, 1864, Brigadier General Speed S. Fry ordered the women, children…

Castillo de San Marcos

Castillo de San Marcos

St. Augustine, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos stands as the oldest masonry fort in the United States and quite possibly its most haunted…

Chalmette Battlefield

Chalmette Battlefield

Chalmette, Louisiana

The Battle of New Orleans, fought at Chalmette Battlefield, was already over before it started.

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

Fort Oglethorpe, Tennessee

The most documented entity at Chickamauga is not a soldier. It's a thing called Old Green Eyes…

Cowpens National Battlefield

Cowpens National Battlefield

Gaffney, South Carolina

Sixty-five minutes. That's how long the Battle of Cowpens lasted on the morning of January 17, 1781.

Devil's Den

Devil's Den

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

A woman exploring Devil's Den on her own one afternoon looked up and found a ragged-looking man standing next to her in…

Droop Mountain Battlefield

Droop Mountain Battlefield

Hillsboro, West Virginia

In 1920, logger Edgar Walton built a campfire near the Confederate cemetery on Droop Mountain.

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry

Baltimore, Maryland

"He looks solid," says former Director of Visitor Services Warren Bielenberg about the figure on Bastion Three.

Fort Mifflin

Fort Mifflin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia police have responded to 911 calls from Fort Mifflin more than once…

Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe

Hampton, Virginia

On the night of May 23, 1861, Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory, and James Townsend stole a small boat at Sewell's Point and…

Fort Nathan Hale

Fort Nathan Hale

New Haven, Connecticut

Nineteen men held a rock fort against 2,600 British soldiers until they ran out of ammunition.

Fort Negley

Fort Negley

Nashville, Tennessee

Between 600 and 800 men died building Fort Negley. The Union Army pressed roughly 2,768 Black laborers into the work…

Fort Phantom Hill

Fort Phantom Hill

Abilene, Texas

Fort Phantom Hill, located in Jones County 11 miles north of Abilene, is one of the most pristine and haunted historic…

Fort Pickens

Fort Pickens

Pensacola Beach, Florida

Fort Pickens on Pensacola Beach holds ties to American history stretching back decades before the Civil War.

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Manteo, North Carolina

John White sailed for England in August 1587 and promised his 115 colonists he'd be back with supplies before winter.

Fort Stevens State Park

Fort Stevens State Park

Hammond, Oregon

On the night of June 21, 1942, Imperial Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced off Fort Stevens and fired seventeen shells…

Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga, New York

Nancy Coats drowned herself in Lake Champlain when she found out General Anthony Wayne had left her for another woman.

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Seven Union divisions launched fourteen separate charges at a four-foot stone wall on December 13, 1862.

Iverson's Pits

Iverson's Pits

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Alfred Iverson Jr. sent 1,350 North Carolinians across an open field on the first morning of Gettysburg.

Jockey Hollow

Jockey Hollow

Morristown, New Jersey

The harshest winter in American recorded history happened in a ridgeline forest twenty-five miles west of New York…

Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield

Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield

Kennesaw, Georgia

A father and his teenage son were driving through Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park one October evening in…

Kings Mountain National Military Park

Kings Mountain National Military Park

Blacksburg, South Carolina

Two Revolutionary War enthusiasts were standing at Patrick Ferguson's grave, discussing the history of Scottish cairns…

Little Round Top

Little Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

During the filming of the 1993 movie Gettysburg, a crew member on Little Round Top was approached by a man dressed as a…

Lookout Mountain Battlefield

Lookout Mountain Battlefield

Chattanooga, Tennessee

On the morning of November 24, 1863, fog rolled up the side of Lookout Mountain so thick that soldiers fighting on it…

Pea Ridge National Military Park

Pea Ridge National Military Park

Garfield, Arkansas

A visitor near the exit gate saw a soldier in a blue uniform sitting on a fence with a gun across his lap.

Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site

Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site

Perryville, Kentucky

Over 7,500 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or missing at Perryville on October 8, 1862.

Point Lookout State Park

Point Lookout State Park

Scotland, Maryland

Dr. Hans Holzer recorded 24 distinct voices inside Point Lookout Lighthouse on January 14, 1980.

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

Prairie Grove, Arkansas

Investigators from Arkansas Paranormal Investigations placed a doll on the porch of the Borden House and photographed…

Shiloh National Military Park

Shiloh National Military Park

Shiloh, Tennessee

The pond at Shiloh National Military Park turns red for a few weeks every spring…

Stone Bridge at Chickamauga

Stone Bridge at Chickamauga

Fort Oglethorpe, Tennessee

The Stone Bridge at Chickamauga sits in the part of the battlefield where Old Green Eyes has been seen most often…

Stones River National Battlefield

Stones River National Battlefield

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

The headless horseman of Stones River National Battlefield rides on documented history.

The Alamo

The Alamo

San Antonio, Texas

Mere days after the 1836 battle ended, General Santa Anna ordered the Alamo chapel demolished.

The Presidio

The Presidio

San Francisco, California

Taps is the one that unsettles people. The bugle call played at military funerals, slow and unmistakable…

The Slaughter Pen

The Slaughter Pen

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

A reenactor approached a family touring the Slaughter Pen at dusk and handed one of the kids a small cloth bag of…

Triangular Field

Triangular Field

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Digital cameras stop working inside the Triangular Field. Not occasionally.