More Ghosts of Gettysburg: Spirits, Apparitions and Haunted Places of the Battlefield

Ghosts of Gettysburg #2

by Mark Nesbitt

Stories about ghosts of Gettysburg battlefield.

Genres: Paranormal, Civil War, Ghost Stories, Nonfiction, History, Ghosts, Historical

100 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1992

About the author

Mark Nesbitt was a National Park Service Ranger/Historian for five years at Gettysburg before starting his own research and writing company. Since then he has published fourteen books including the national award-winning Ghosts of Gettysburg series. His stories have been seen on The History Channel, A&E, The Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel, Unsolved Mysteries, and numerous regional television shows and heard on Coast to Coast AM, and regional radio. In 1994, he created the commercially successful Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of a history lesson, which is fine. Nesbitt would be make a good history teacher. Very nice photos as well.

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a mild improvement upon the last installment in terms of creeiness, but I find myself baffled by how Nesbitt decided to group ghost stories together in this installment. For example, he discusses four different encounters in "Death's Feast," but I can't figure out how – or if – they're connected. Two were told him by the same woman, one occurring at the Weikert House and one at the Little Red Schoolhouse; one was by Iverson's Pits; and the fourth was near-ish Cemetery Ridge and the National Cemetery. Two were in residences, though one was a public building originally; one occurred outdoors; and the fourth was a hotel. They weren't all four experienced by the same person, nor were they purported to be the same ghost, nor was there any similarity in the alleged ghosts' behaviors, barring general ghostiness. So what's the connection? Sure, yes, include them all in this book, buy why not discuss all the Iverson's Pits ghosts together and all the hotel ghosts in one story or what-have-you? So yea. ...Baffled.

I also have some trouble with the structuring of the stories. In one story that was, I think, 7 pages long, Nesbitt spent four pages on the career, death, and relationships (in that order) of John F. Reynolds, a general of some kind (there are, like, three or four kinds of general) and the highest ranking officer killed at Gettysburg. That left him less than three pages for the actual ghost story, and its connection to Reynolds is tenuous at best. In fact, Nesbitt ended up crediting 3 or 4 different ghosty experiences recounted in this volume to Reynolds. Like there weren't enough dead guys to go around....

[Colleen Mertens · Rating 3 out of 5]

This little book collects some of the ghost tales of Gettysburg. They tell the background of the place and how the ghost should be visible. It gives a lot of history of the battle and the area in general. Interesting read for people who like ghost stories.

[E. L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable book makes you think.

[Tom Thornton · Rating 5 out of 5]

We now have a lot of paranormal programming on television and elsewhere. Thank God, for that. But some of them should really consult Nesbitt on his writings about the paranormal at this Battlefield. Nesbitt features a series of paranormal episodes in his writing. They all seem to ring true to experienced paranormal investigators, like myself. Another interesting fact is the site of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg was also the site of other large battles in prior history. Talk about a dark area, Gettysburg, PA, is certainly that.

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the folklore, and I learned a few things about the battles in the area. Towards the end, he waxed a little too poetic for me.

[Karyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the various tales of ghosts in and around Gettysburg- as a native of Adams County, these stories struck very close to home. I just hope I can sleep when I'm visiting next weekend!

[Matthew Poole · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an interesting read. He gives a lot of history within the stories of the different hauntings.

[Donna Eddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

After visiting the battlefield several times I can believe the stories. I have never seen a ghost but there is a feeling that hovers around the most virulent places.

[James Bowman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well-researched, but much heavier on the history than the actual ghost stories, and most of the ghost stories themselves are unremarkable. (At least it was a quick read!) (B-)