THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Fort Pulaski is associated with numerous ghost stories tied to its Civil War history. Visitors have reported apparitions of soldiers, phantom footsteps, disembodied voices, and shadow figures inside the fort. Several areas are believed to retain paranormal activity connected to former prisoners and military personnel.
It was in 1862, during the Civil War, when Union soldiers at Fort Pulaski first tested a rifled cannon, which eventually made brick fortifications useless. The fort also was used as a POW camp. At night at this historic site, it is said that the ghosts come to relive their past. Witnesses have reported unexplained sounds including gunfire, the screams of people dying, and a small child crying.