The Haunted Battlefield In Tennessee Both History Buffs And Ghost Hunters Will Love
By Chris Dodge|Published October 20, 2022
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My name is Chris Dodge and I live right here in the great state of Tennessee. My family and I are full adventurers filled with passion to see the amazing things our state has to offer. We are avid hikers and have explored many different places in Tennessee and beyond but we are always thankful to be living in such a glorious state.
When you have places of death, weird stories start to circulate around them. It could be a creepy old haunted house with a tragic story or a graveyard for the long-forgotten deceased. We know of a bloody battle during the Civil War that now has some strange stories surrounding it. This haunted battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is for both history buffs and ghost hunters.
Today, you can visit this battlefield preserved by the National Park Service.
It can be a bit disconcerting on a warm, sunny day to walk the same ground that was once covered in blood. The battle that took place here was a fierce and terrible fight, and many lost their lives. The country was completely torn apart ,and brothers in the same land killed each other in America's worst war, the Civil War.
You can walk the battlefield and see the many rows of graves of the lost men, but depending on who you ask, the souls of those lost soldiers may still be lurking around in the dark. Ghosts of the past are said to haunt this battlefield as if the war never ended.
Union soldiers fought hard to hold the line after several waves of Confederate troops took to the fight. The battle was long and hard. Arms were shot off, legs were blown to pieces, and hand-to-hand combat had men fighting face to face. Many men lost their lives that day.
The fiercest fighting happened in the natural covering of the limestone rock formations and the surrounding trees. This natural place provided ample covering for gunfire. However, there was so much blood everywhere that the soldiers said it reminded them of a slaughterhouse, thus giving the name.
Ghosts have been seen walking the grounds, and there is even one story that came from a reenactor.
One night he went out to retrieve some water when he saw what he presumed was a trespasser. When he called for the man to come out from behind a bush, a soldier in full Civil War attire jumped out with his hands raised in surrender. The reenactor thought it was another actor joking around, so he positioned his gun at him. The other man fell to the ground and then vanished into thin air.
This haunted battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, saw a lot of death back in the civil war. It is said that those soldiers still lurk around in the shadows and haunt the very grounds they met their demise. Are you brave enough to visit the site of this grim tale? For more information about the park, please visit the Stones River National Battlefield website.
If you want another creepy story, then check out this haunted tunnel in Kingsport…
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