Haunted Battlefields

42 haunted locations across America

All Haunted Battlefields

Antietam National Battlefield

Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, Maryland

On a school trip to Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland…

Burnside Bridge

Burnside Bridge

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Burnside Bridge crosses Antietam Creek at the south end of the battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland…

Castillo de San Marcos

Castillo de San Marcos

St. Augustine, Florida

The Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida has a story that everyone tells and no record will back.

Chalmette Battlefield

Chalmette Battlefield

Chalmette, Louisiana

At Chalmette Battlefield, on the flat ground southeast of New Orleans, people keep reporting soldiers who shouldn't be…

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

Fort Oglethorpe, Tennessee

The park ranger met the man at 4 a.m., on Glen Kelly Road. Edward Tinney had spent years as chief ranger and historian…

Cowpens National Battlefield

Cowpens National Battlefield

Gaffney, South Carolina

A school group walked the trail at Cowpens National Battlefield, near Gaffney in upstate South Carolina…

Devil's Den

Devil's Den

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

At Devil's Den in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a woman climbing the boulders alone looked up and found a man standing…

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 Chaffee

Fort Chaffee

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Chaffee in western Arkansas was a soldier's post for eighty years, but the ghost story people tell there is about…

Fort Mackinac

Fort Mackinac

Mackinac Island, Michigan

On the Rifle Range Trail near Fort Mackinac, Michigan, hikers tell of a soldier who falls in behind them on the path.

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry

Baltimore, Maryland

At Fort McHenry in Baltimore, visitors keep walking up to the desk to ask about the soldier they saw on the ramparts.

Fort Mifflin

Fort Mifflin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The story at Fort Mifflin, on a narrow spit of land near the Philadelphia airport where the Delaware and Schuylkill…

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

At Fort Nathan Hale in New Haven, Connecticut, the thing people report most is a green glowing orb that drifts across…

Fort Negley

Fort Negley

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville's most-told Fort Negley ghost is a woman in white. Legend has it she walks the grounds of the old stone fort…

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

In the brick corridors of Fort Pickens, on a barrier island at the western edge of Florida…

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Manteo, North Carolina

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, three miles north of Manteo on Roanoke Island, North Carolina…

Fort Stevens State Park

Fort Stevens State Park

Hammond, Oregon

At Fort Stevens State Park, on the Oregon coast where the Columbia River meets the sea…

Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga, New York

The ghost everyone at Fort Ticonderoga tells you about is a woman named Nancy Coates…

Fort Worden

Fort Worden

Port Townsend, Washington

Three soldiers died inside Battery Kinzie in 1921 when a shell misfired in the underground gun emplacement.

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Fredericksburg, Virginia

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

Historic Fort Wayne

Historic Fort Wayne

Detroit, Michigan

At Historic Fort Wayne in Detroit, the most-told story belongs to the gun tunnel.

Iverson's Pits

Iverson's Pits

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

At Iverson's Pits, a stretch of Oak Ridge in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the men who farmed the land after the war would…

Jockey Hollow

Jockey Hollow

Morristown, New Jersey

On the trails at Jockey Hollow in Morristown, New Jersey, in the quiet months of winter…

Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield

Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield

Kennesaw, Georgia

At Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park near Kennesaw, Georgia, hikers keep seeing soldiers on the field.

Kings Mountain National Military Park

Kings Mountain National Military Park

Blacksburg, South Carolina

At Kings Mountain National Military Park, near Blacksburg, South Carolina…

Little Round Top

Little Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

On Little Round Top, the granite hill on the southern end of the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania…

Lookout Mountain Battlefield

Lookout Mountain Battlefield

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The forms come out of the fog and go back into it. Between the trees on Lookout Mountain, just south of Chattanooga…

Pea Ridge National Military Park

Pea Ridge National Military Park

Garfield, Arkansas

Drive out to the Pea Ridge battlefield near Garfield, Arkansas after dark…

Pentagon Barracks

Pentagon Barracks

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The Pentagon Barracks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana aren't a haunted attraction.

Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site

Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site

Perryville, Kentucky

At Perryville Battlefield in Boyle County, Kentucky, people walking the open fields at dusk keep hearing a horse.

Point Lookout State Park

Point Lookout State Park

Scotland, Maryland

At the Point Lookout Lighthouse in Maryland, a famous ghost hunter spent part of 1980 recording the voices of people…

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

Prairie Grove, Arkansas

At Prairie Grove Battlefield in Washington County, Arkansas, people say the field never went quiet.

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

Monroe, Michigan

The River Raisin National Battlefield Park in Monroe, Michigan is a flat, open field along the river today…

Shiloh National Military Park

Shiloh National Military Park

Shiloh, Tennessee

Spend enough time on the Shiloh battlefield in southwest Tennessee and, visitors say, a drum starts up.

Stone Bridge at Chickamauga

Stone Bridge at Chickamauga

Fort Oglethorpe, Tennessee

Two green eyes hover at head height over the Chickamauga battlefield, and there is nothing around them. No face.

Stones River National Battlefield

Stones River National Battlefield

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

When a veteran park employee named Bill Reese ranked the ghosts reported at Stones River Battlefield…

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

At the Presidio Officers' Club in San Francisco, the story goes that a woman dances alone in the ballroom.

The Slaughter Pen

The Slaughter Pen

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

At the Slaughter Pen on the Gettysburg battlefield, people walking the boulders report a man who shouldn't be there.

Triangular Field

Triangular Field

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Bring a camera into the Triangular Field at Gettysburg and the story goes that it will quit on you.