Civil War Ghost Stories and Legends

By Nancy Roberts

Book Overview

Nancy Roberts has often been described to as the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the title is well deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented supernatural experiences and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872498522
• ISBN13: 9780872498525
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fun legends to balance your civil war knowledge

Very light reading but a great way to balance the history of the civil war with the stories and legends. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, the stories make you think and imagine being in the middle of our country's greatest and most difficult test. As a civil war buff they perked my interest to look into the stories and events even deeper.

civil war ghost stories and legends

A great book. Very easy reading and very informative. Great account of battles of the civil war and ghost stories surrounding it. I would highly recomend this book to anyone interested in ghost stories and the civil war.

Hauntingly Poignant

I just finished watching 1951s "The Tall Target" about an assassination plot on the life of Abram Lincoln aboard a moving train. Abram Lincoln and the train got me thinking about a story I had once read. And then I remembered it. It was from Nancy Roberts' "Civil War Ghost Stories & Legends." I pulled the book from the shelf and there it was. Being a Civil War buff I bought this book several years ago attracted and intrigued by the title. It had never occurred to me that with all the horrors, suffering and death on America's battlefields during the Civil War that the emergence of ghosts and related supernatural haunts would come to surface. The particular story that I remember most strikingly was "The Night Train Passes." It is all about the reappearance of Abram Lincoln's funeral train. It is spooky. This entire book is spooky. There is something about the images of the Civil War that makes this collection of stories so intriguing, personally haunting yet poignant. I highly recommend this book.

Interesting, attention getting and informative

Found this book to be interesting with the ability to hold ones attention. In addition, it was thought provoking and the material supports many held beliefs regarding the civil war.

Interesting, brings back memories of Battlefield Ghosts

I have done vast research on Civil War Battlefields and sites. I have seen many Ghostly Spirits on Va. Battlefields also at Gettysburg ,PA. They really do exsist. While exciting to see, it is also scary.This was a good book to read.