Ghosts of the Civil War

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Fort Monroe, Viriginia, situated on Chesapeake Bay has had a variety of famous ghost sightings, ranging from Ulysses Grant (a successful general of the Civil War), Jefferson Davis (president of the Confederate States of America) and his wife Varina, Edgar Allen [Perry] Poe, Chief Black Hawk, and Abraham Lincoln himself.

Through the various rooms of the fort, which is still in use, ghosts are said to linger, behind desks or eternally walking the halls.

Lincoln is said to haunt the rooms of Old Quarters No. 1, sitting at a desk and glumly recalling the events of the War and the destruction afterwards. Grant is said to haunt the same area in a similar fashion.

There are many ghost stories related to Edgar Allen Perry. Perry was stationed at the fort for part of the war, and during this time wrote "The Cask of Amontillado", based on a 'true' Virginian ghost story (Fort Monroe has had a very long and violent ghost-related history). Later, when he was kicked out of the military, he changed his surname to Poe, and this is how we recognize him today.

President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy had been brought to suffer in a prison cell here after the Civil War. He was severely mistreated, placed in a tiny, damp cage and fed little. He was beaten, taunted, and treated like an animal rather than the human being, though Confederate and on the losing side, he was. His wife Varina heard of his mistreatment, but there was little she could do but try to comfort him before his death in the same cell. Their ghosts are sometimes seen there, Varina reaching through the bars of the cage to her helpless husband.

A photo of Fort Monroe from more recent times. The fort is still in use today.

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Ghosts of the Civil War © Adrienne Wolter 2004. Information found on this site is from the webmistress' interpretation of information presented elsewhere (these sources can be found on the Credits and Bibliography page). The layout, coding, and blended image at the top are all © Adrienne Wolter 2004. However, obviously no photographic images found on this site are my own, as I never had the opportunity to actually experience the Civil War/ghost sightings. You can cite this website in a MLA bibliography as follows:
Wolter, Adrienne. Ghosts of the Civil War. ¡Adriennewolter.com!. [DATE RETRIEVED SUCH AS 19 05 2004] <http://www.adriennewolter.com/ghosts/>.
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. Ghosts . of . the . Civil . War . . . . . Fort Monroe, Viriginia, situated on Chesapeake Bay has had a variety of famous ghost sightings, ranging from Ulysses Grant (a successful general of the Civil War), Jefferson Davis (president of the Confederate States of America) and his wife Varina, Edgar Allen [Perry] Poe, Chief Black Hawk, and Abraham Lincoln himself. Through the various rooms of the fort, which is still in use, ghosts are said to linger, behind desks or eternally walking the halls. Lincoln is said to haunt the rooms of Old Quarters No. 1, sitting at a desk and glumly recalling the events of the War and the destruction afterwards. Grant is said to haunt the same area in a similar fashion. There are many ghost stories related to Edgar Allen Perry. Perry was stationed at the fort for part of the war, and during this time wrote "The Cask of Amontillado", based on a 'true' Virginian ghost story (Fort Monroe has had a very long and violent ghost-related history). Later, when he was kicked out of the military, he changed his surname to Poe, and this is how we recognize him today. President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy had been brought to suffer in a prison cell here after the Civil War. He was severely mistreated, placed in a tiny, damp cage and fed little. He was beaten, taunted, and treated like an animal rather than the human being, though Confederate and on the losing side, he was. His wife Varina heard of his mistreatment, but there was little she could do but try to comfort him before his death in the same cell. Their ghosts are sometimes seen there, Varina reaching through the bars of the cage to her helpless husband. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ghosts of the Civil War © Adrienne Wolter 2004. Information found on this site is from the webmistress' interpretation of information presented elsewhere (these sources can be found on the Credits and Bibliography page). The layout, coding, and blended image at the top are all © Adrienne Wolter 2004. However, obviously no photographic images found on this site are my own, as I never had the opportunity to actually experience the Civil War/ghost sightings. You can cite this website in a MLA bibliography as follows: Wolter, Adrienne. Ghosts of the Civil War. ¡Adriennewolter.com!. [DATE RETRIEVED SUCH AS 19 05 2004] <http://www.adriennewolter.com/ghosts/>. Do not plagarize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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