Haunted Battlefields
37 haunted locations across America
Historic grounds where fallen soldiers still march
All Haunted Battlefields
Antietam National Battlefield
A group of schoolboys from the McDonough School in Owings Mills, Maryland…
Burnside Bridge
Four hundred and fifty Georgians held this bridge against 14,000 Union soldiers for three hours. The math is absurd.
Camp Nelson National Monument
On November 22, 1864, Brigadier General Speed S. Fry ordered the women, children…
Castillo de San Marcos
Castillo de San Marcos stands as the oldest masonry fort in the United States and quite possibly its most haunted…
Chalmette Battlefield
The Battle of New Orleans, fought at Chalmette Battlefield, was already over before it started.
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
The most documented entity at Chickamauga is not a soldier. It's a thing called Old Green Eyes…
Cowpens National Battlefield
Sixty-five minutes. That's how long the Battle of Cowpens lasted on the morning of January 17, 1781.
Devil's Den
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
In 1920, logger Edgar Walton built a campfire near the Confederate cemetery on Droop Mountain.
Fort McHenry
"He looks solid," says former Director of Visitor Services Warren Bielenberg about the figure on Bastion Three.
Fort Mifflin
Philadelphia police have responded to 911 calls from Fort Mifflin more than once…
Fort Monroe
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
Nineteen men held a rock fort against 2,600 British soldiers until they ran out of ammunition.
Fort Negley
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, located in Jones County 11 miles north of Abilene, is one of the most pristine and haunted historic…
Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens on Pensacola Beach holds ties to American history stretching back decades before the Civil War.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
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
On the night of June 21, 1942, Imperial Japanese submarine I-25 surfaced off Fort Stevens and fired seventeen shells…
Fort Ticonderoga
Nancy Coats drowned herself in Lake Champlain when she found out General Anthony Wayne had left her for another woman.
Fredericksburg Battlefield
Seven Union divisions launched fourteen separate charges at a four-foot stone wall on December 13, 1862.
Iverson's Pits
Alfred Iverson Jr. sent 1,350 North Carolinians across an open field on the first morning of Gettysburg.
Jockey Hollow
The harshest winter in American recorded history happened in a ridgeline forest twenty-five miles west of New York…
Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield
A father and his teenage son were driving through Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park one October evening in…
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Two Revolutionary War enthusiasts were standing at Patrick Ferguson's grave, discussing the history of Scottish cairns…
Little Round Top
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
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
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
Over 7,500 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or missing at Perryville on October 8, 1862.
Point Lookout State Park
Dr. Hans Holzer recorded 24 distinct voices inside Point Lookout Lighthouse on January 14, 1980.
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park
Investigators from Arkansas Paranormal Investigations placed a doll on the porch of the Borden House and photographed…
Shiloh National Military Park
The pond at Shiloh National Military Park turns red for a few weeks every spring…
Stone Bridge at Chickamauga
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
The headless horseman of Stones River National Battlefield rides on documented history.
The Alamo
Mere days after the 1836 battle ended, General Santa Anna ordered the Alamo chapel demolished.
The Presidio
Taps is the one that unsettles people. The bugle call played at military funerals, slow and unmistakable…
The Slaughter Pen
A reenactor approached a family touring the Slaughter Pen at dusk and handed one of the kids a small cloth bag of…
Triangular Field
Digital cameras stop working inside the Triangular Field. Not occasionally.