Battle of Gettysburg - Farnsworth House Inn
On July 1, 1863, what began as a skirmish soon escalated into the pivotal battle which would ultimately decide the American Civil war. The battle at Gettysburg was the largest of the Civil war it was fought between 97,000 Union Troops commanded by Major General, George Gordon Meade and 75,000 Confederate troops' commanded by General, Robert E. Lee. The Battle lasted 3 days by the end of it almost 10,000 soldiers had died and more than 50,000 had been injured. The fallen Union soldiers were buried at Gettysburg cemetery; the Confederate dead were left on the battlefield for weeks, eventually being buried in mass graves.
Farnsworth House Inn at Gettysburg has been described as one of the most haunted inns in America. Built in 1810, the Inn is said to be the home of 14 ghosts. It was here that the only civilian casualty of the Battle was to meet her fate, Jennie Wade was accidentally shot by a Confederate soldier, an errant bullet passed through the wall and hit poor Jennie.
Jennie's ghost has been seen by staff and guests at the Inn, there have been reports of doors opening and closing. One woman has reported her infant being lifted by unseen hands into the air and gently placed back down. Other ghosts at the Inn include Jennie's sister Sarah Wade her apparition is seen baking bread, and that the bread can actually be smelled relatively strongly in the home. Sarah was also known for wearing perfume that resembled the fragrance of roses, today, this is also still smelled in and around the Inn.
In the Sara Black room, lights turn on and off; faucets have suddenly sprayed out water, shades roll up and down, and window shutters bang from the inside. A man was sleeping when he awoke to feel someone sitting or lying down on the bed beside him. He heard whispered voices, and the sobbing of a crying child.
Over 100 years ago, a small boy named Jeremy was out playing in front of the Inn when a horse and carriage passed by. The driver didn't see the boy and ran him over, killing him instantly. Staff and guests have seen his ghost, replaying the accident over and over, falling to his death beneath the wheels of the carriage. The ghost of his distraught father has also been spotted in a window of the hotel, watching in mute horror as his son is killed.
One guest staying in the Garret Room entered their bathroom and saw blood running down its walls. During the Battle of Gettysburg a Confederate soldier was shot in the attic, he was left to bleed to death directly above that second floor bathroom.
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