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Even at 243 years of age, by comparison, the United States is still a fairly young country.

But despite its relative infancy, America seems to

have been fighting in one war or another since it declared independence from Britain in 1776.

But none of the wars over the last two and a half centuries have left a scar on American history

quite like the Civil War.

By the time the Confederate South surrendered to the Union North, it's estimated that over 600,000 men,

an incredible 2% of the country's population at that time, were left dead.

Countless films and books have been written about the Civil War. Maybe because the war was

so close to home on American soil, there is an entire culture that exists to preserve its history.

Every year, Civil War battle reenactments take place on the same fields where the war was

originally fought.

The legacy of the men who fought is an enduring heritage for many families, who continue

to pass down the story of their ancestors' heroism or what they suffered.

In short, there is no end to the amount of Civil War stories you can read about.

But there is an aspect of the Civil War that remains widely unheard of,

the paranormal legends and encounters that came out of it.

From Gettysburg, Shiloh, Antietam, and many others,

the battlefields where thousands of men shed their blood are notorious for unusual activity.

Ghost stories are one thing.

This story is something entirely different.

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