THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Evergreen Cemetery stands on Cemetery Hill beside Gettysburg National Cemetery and was directly involved in the 1863 battle. Visitors have reported apparitions resembling Civil War soldiers and unexplained lights moving among the graves.
Established before the Civil War, Evergreen Cemetery occupies Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg and became part of the battlefield landscape during the Battle of Gettysburg. The cemetery contains the grave of Jennie Wade and many other historic burials. Modern ghost lore describes apparitions resembling Civil War soldiers, unexplained lights among the headstones and an unusually intense atmosphere around the old burial ground. The paranormal claims are anecdotal, but the cemetery's documented connection to the battle gives the stories a strong historical setting.