THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Duff Green Mansion is one of Vicksburg's best-known haunted homes. Visitors have reported apparitions in period clothing, phantom footsteps, mysterious voices, and unexplained activity throughout the mansion. The spirits are often believed to be connected to the home's Civil War history.
Duff Green Mansion served as a hospital during the Civil War and it still bears some of the scars despite restoration. Bloodstains are still in the original flooring and one of the ceiling beams shows where a cannonball struck the mansion before its occupants surrendered and turned it into a hospital. There are reportedly numerous ghosts who haunt Duff Green, from the original mistress, to soldiers who lost life and limb within its walls. An often reported sighting is of a Confederate soldier, missing a leg, sitting in front of the fireplace.