Lecture/presentation exploring the history of the Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields as well as the power of these folk narratives in the twenty-first century.

1. GETTYSBURG
AND THE
"HAUNTED
BATTLEFIELD"

2. WHY DO YOU THINK SO
MANY BATTLEFIELDS
ARE SAID TO BE
HAUNTED?

3. 2GHOSTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
GHOSTS ARE OFTEN
WITHOUT...
GHOST STORIES
OFTEN...
NAME OR IDENTIFICATION
ALLEGIANCE (TO NORTH
OR SOUTH)
KEEP ACTS OF HEROISM
AND COURAGE ALIVE
REMIND US OF SOLDIER
& NON-COMBATANT
SACRIFICES
GHOSTS, MORE OR LESS, HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED ON THE
CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD…

4. 3BATTLEFIELDS AND THE DEAD
LARGELY WORK OF WOMEN
BURYING CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS GAVE A PURPOSE
TO DEFEATED SOUTH
BATTLEFIELDS AND CEMETERIES BECAME SYMBOL OF
HOW PEOPLE FOUND MEANING IN DEAD...
DEAD IMBUE LAND WITH
A SYMBOLIC WEIGHT

5. 4BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
SEPT. 17, 1862
BATTLE WAS FOUGHT NEAR
SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND
BLOODIEST SINGLE-DAY
BATTLE IN AMERICAN
HISTORY (22,717 DEAD,
WOUNDED, OR MISSING)
ANTIETAM
MARYLAND

6. ANTIETAM
THE GHOST STORIES
St. PaulEpiscopalChurch(1862)
The Pry House (1862)BloodyLane(1862)
BurnsideBridge(1862)

7. 6“GHOSTLY” ORIGINS OF THE KKK
KKK BEGAN IN TN AS
AS SOCIAL CLUB FOR
CONFEDERATE
VETERANS
DEC. 24, 1865
GHOSTLY ASPECT OF KKK WAS
EARLY DEFINING FEATURE
GHOST STORIES WERE USED AS
MEANS OF “SOCIAL CONTROL”
PRE-DATED KLAN

8. 2:29
WHAT, ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO, IS THE
BENEFIT OF GHOSTS/GHOST STORIES?

9. 8BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
ARMIES OF LEE AND MEADE
COLLIDE NEAR GETTYSBURG
MEADELEEJULY 1-3, 1863
46,000-51,000 FROM BOTH
ARMIES ARE DEAD/WOUNDED
GETTYSBURG
PENNSYLVANIA

10. 1:09
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

11. 2:17
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

12. GETTYSBURG
THE GHOST STORIES
SpanglerSpring (1863) Stephens Hall(1880)
PennsylvaniaHall (1880) JennieWadeHouse(1900)

13. 5:29
WHO IS FEATURED IN THIS GHOST STORY?

14. 3:54
HOW IS THE GHOSTLY SOLDIER DESCRIBED?

15. 4:12
HOW THIS STORY TIED TO THE BATTLE?

16. 4:40
HOW IS THE LADY IN WHITE DESCRIBED?

17. 2:37
HAVE YOU BEEN ON A GHOST TOUR?

18. 17CIVIL WAR “GHOST TOURS”
GETTYSBURG
GHOST TOURS ARE A
COMPONENT OF
“DARK TOURISM”
PROMISE LOCAL HISTORY
WITH FAMILY-FRIENDLY,
NON-ALCOHOLIC, MILDLY
SPOOKY FUN
TODAY, GHOST TOURS
ARE A COMPONENT OF A
CITY’S ECONOMY

19. DO YOU THINK THE
COMMERCIALIZATION
OF THE GETTYSBURG
BATTLEFIELD IS A
DESECRATION OF
THE SOLDIERS’
SACRIFICE?

20. NEXT CLASS:
SHADES OF DEATH ROAD &
THE HAUNTED ROADWAY
HOMEWORK: NONE