Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156).
Contents:
The French and Indian War. Ticonderoga and the haunting of Duncan Campbell -- The ghosts of Beardslee Castle -- The headless ghost of Fort Niagara -- The American Revolution. Patrick Ferguson: Ghost King of the Mountain? -- The ghost rider of Chadds Ford -- The Hessians are coming, the Hessians are coming -- The afterlife of "Mad Anthony" Wayne -- The War of 1812. Fort Erie or Fort Eerie -- The jilted lover of Mongaugon -- The battle of Fort Dearborn -- The Civil War. The ghost rider of Little Round Top -- A veritable ghost town: four famous Gettysburg haunts -- Still not ready for his close-up? -- The ghosts of the Bloody Lane -- Old green eyes -- Ghosts of the siege -- General Beauregard is not at rest -- Neither is Henry Wirz -- The creepy contraband of William Clarke Quantrill -- The haunted Ozarks -- The Alamo. Spirits, spirits, spirits everywhere -- Hosts in the gift shop -- The chapel of sorrows -- Little Bighorn. The Stone House and other mysteries -- General Custer and the ghost dance -- Some stories from where Americans fought abroad. The restless spirits of Normandy Beach -- The ghosts of Corregidor -- The ghosts of Pearl Harbor -- The organ-playing ghost who saved two Yanks.
Summary:
"Summing up the eerie essence of wartime scenes across America, Haunted U.S. Battlefields is a must for students of the paranormal, Civil War buffs, and all others interested in a spine-chilling realm of military history that the history books don't dare tell"-- Provided by publisher.
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