ghost stories

[Ken]

just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is going to try to bag a buck this morning, he was telling me about someothers and himself being at mingus mill in nc earlier this year. he and 4 others showed up in all their gear to do a special tour for mingus mill, it is a old grinding mill or something in the smokey mountains of nc. anyway, he was standing out front of the mill and this lady walked up and requested a pic with jon and her sons. after the pic was taken, she commented about the "snobby" solder, who kept walking after she asked for a pic. well this upset my friend because he thought it was callous to do such a thing, so he asked her to describe this other gent so he may speak to him about it. he says his mouth dropped open when she mentioned he was wearing a red kepi, my friends group is infantry, nd they all wear the same kepi with a blue strip on the bottom! he remained calm long enough for her to make her way on, then he confronted all the other guys. none of them seen anyone in period dress besides the grist mill workers and themselves. obviously, some old artillary soldier thought the war was back on. as they were closing the mill, another reenactor was upstairs reading the little signs they have on the machinery, when he glanced out the window and seen the soldier himself. he yelled for jon and they all ran outside, but noone was there. pretty spooky to me, has anyone ever had anything happen to them along these lines??

k. lida

Well, As long as we are discussing ghost stories here is a very interesting picture my friend took of me on the Chickamauga battlefield. As you can see it's broad daylight on a dry afternoon so there was no mist or anything in the air and you can see that I'm surrounded by what appears to be an aparition. You can almost make out a face in the ghostly image. Pretty cool. Oh I forgot to mention my friend was holding his cigar close to the lens when he snapped this and.....well you know the rest.

[PVT.THIB]

While I have never seen a ghost I was quite frightened at the Dogtrot House in Pleasent Hill, Louisiana. The house is the only surviving structure from the battle and was used as a hospital afterwards. I spent one night there and it was pretty windy. Lets just say the old drafty house did alot of groaning that night. While not one to believe in the supernatural, I didn't sleep a whole lot that night.
Jason Thibodeaux
Independent Rifles

[tompritchett]

BTW, I do believe that he is a she!?!

Whoops. I guess that you got me back on that on.

[silentbreeze]

I have been sensitive to the paranormal my entire life. And some would say they are just ghost stories. I would basically call it growing up. Being scared as a child. Not knowing what was going on. And now older, researching,learning, and coping (sp) with it. Not necessarily a bad thing. Just understanding how life works. I have experienced different hauntings over the years. But I almost always feel disappointed if I dont experience something at any battlefield. Whether it be pictures,music, or the occasional rebel yell or horse whiney to let you know that they still "walk" the earth. And that I admire their courage for standing up for what they believe in. Certainly a different mentality than the way people are brought up today. I think battlefields are one of the "safer" places to experience something. Because a lot of it is residual. But there are intelligent hauintings as well. Personally, ghost stories are nice. It gives a different atomsphere for historic places.