Gettysburg and the "Haunted Battlefield"
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Lecture/presentation exploring the history of the Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields as well as the power of these folk narratives in the twenty-first century.
Gettysburg and the "Haunted Battlefield"
- 2. WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANY BATTLEFIELDS ARE SAID TO BE HAUNTED?
- 3. 2GHOSTS OF THE CIVIL WAR GHOSTS ARE OFTEN WITHOUT... GHOST STORIES OFTEN... NAME OR IDENTIFICATION ALLEGIANCE (TO NORTH OR SOUTH) KEEP ACTS OF HEROISM AND COURAGE ALIVE REMIND US OF SOLDIER & NON-COMBATANT SACRIFICES GHOSTS, MORE OR LESS, HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED ON THE CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD
- 4. 3BATTLEFIELDS AND THE DEAD LARGELY WORK OF WOMEN BURYING CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS GAVE A PURPOSE TO DEFEATED SOUTH BATTLEFIELDS AND CEMETERIES BECAME SYMBOL OF HOW PEOPLE FOUND MEANING IN DEAD... DEAD IMBUE LAND WITH A SYMBOLIC WEIGHT
- 5. 4BATTLE OF ANTIETAM SEPT. 17, 1862 BATTLE WAS FOUGHT NEAR SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND BLOODIEST SINGLE-DAY BATTLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY (22,717 DEAD, WOUNDED, OR MISSING) ANTIETAM MARYLAND
- 6. ANTIETAM THE GHOST STORIES St. PaulEpiscopalChurch(1862) The Pry House (1862)BloodyLane(1862) BurnsideBridge(1862)
- 7. 6GHOSTLY ORIGINS OF THE KKK KKK BEGAN IN TN AS AS SOCIAL CLUB FOR CONFEDERATE VETERANS DEC. 24, 1865 GHOSTLY ASPECT OF KKK WAS EARLY DEFINING FEATURE GHOST STORIES WERE USED AS MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL PRE-DATED KLAN
- 8. 2:29 WHAT, ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO, IS THE BENEFIT OF GHOSTS/GHOST STORIES?
- 9. 8BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG ARMIES OF LEE AND MEADE COLLIDE NEAR GETTYSBURG MEADELEEJULY 1-3, 1863 46,000-51,000 FROM BOTH ARMIES ARE DEAD/WOUNDED GETTYSBURG PENNSYLVANIA
- 10. 1:09 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
- 11. 2:17 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
- 12. GETTYSBURG THE GHOST STORIES SpanglerSpring (1863) Stephens Hall(1880) PennsylvaniaHall (1880) JennieWadeHouse(1900)
- 13. 5:29 WHO IS FEATURED IN THIS GHOST STORY?
- 14. 3:54 HOW IS THE GHOSTLY SOLDIER DESCRIBED?
- 15. 4:12 HOW THIS STORY TIED TO THE BATTLE?
- 16. 4:40 HOW IS THE LADY IN WHITE DESCRIBED?
- 17. 2:37 HAVE YOU BEEN ON A GHOST TOUR?
- 18. 17CIVIL WAR GHOST TOURS GETTYSBURG GHOST TOURS ARE A COMPONENT OF DARK TOURISM PROMISE LOCAL HISTORY WITH FAMILY-FRIENDLY, NON-ALCOHOLIC, MILDLY SPOOKY FUN TODAY, GHOST TOURS ARE A COMPONENT OF A CITYS ECONOMY
- 19. DO YOU THINK THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD IS A DESECRATION OF THE SOLDIERS SACRIFICE?
- 20. NEXT CLASS: SHADES OF DEATH ROAD & THE HAUNTED ROADWAY HOMEWORK: NONE