The Delaware Paranormal Research Society 
 

Location: Gettysburg National Battlefield, PA
Date and Time: July 6, 1998; 9 – 10 PM
Weather: clear
Equipment used:
Contact Name: Tom and Jen Lauria
Email:DPRS@worldmailer.com
Website:  http://www.homestead.com/ghostsphere/DPRS.html


My wife Jennifer and I went on an investigation at Gettysburg, PA. The Battle of Gettysburg is known as the turning point of the US Civil War, where, in the span of three days, total casualties on both sides reached 54,000 and the South took its first great defeat. Gettysburg is also known as one of the most haunted spots in America. With all the bloodshed, emotion, and chaos that occurred on those three fateful days in July of 1863, you don’t have to even speculate as to why the area is haunted.

  Our first stop took us a place on the battlefield called Iverson's Pits. This place has an eerie history… It seems that General Iverson, in command of a North Carolina brigade, sent his troops too hastily into to the fight. Without skirmishers (scouts), his men marched directly into a Union ambush. Most of the entire brigade died instantly when the first volley of lead hit them by surprise. They died falling in neat rows, and were later buried en masse in long trenches dug beside them. Seven years later, when Southern families had raised enough money to get their boys exhumed and returned to North Carolina soil, most folks had forgotten where the bodies were located. The story ends with the fact that there are still Rebel troops buried in Yankee soil….

The night was very hot and sticky as Jen and I ventured into the depression, now a farmer's field, called Iverson's Pits. It became very chilly and we could feel 'cold spots' swarming all around us, and many of our photos that night captured numerous orbs floating about. But the most remarkable thing occurred as we were leaving. Jen turned to take one more photo and she saw a large black shadow moving quickly at us. She instantly snapped a picture and the above photo is what occurred. It seems the black shadow was in reality, a mass of orbs exploding towards us.

We then ventured on to Culp's Hill. This wooded rise was the Union Army's right flank and it was defended gallantly during all three days of battle. Culp's Hill is reported to be the home of some upset spirits due to the fact that many a ghosthunter has been chased out of the area.

Jen and I drove carefully up the hill and stopped. The air seemed charged with electricity and Jen took a picture. The result was what you see to the left; orbs and ectoplasm.

The electricity and sense that something was going to happen overwhelmed us and we drove off to the Peach Orchard…

 The Peach Orchard was yet another scene of vicious and bloody fighting during the second day of the battle. Elements of the Union army moved prematurely out of their positions and into the Peach Orchard. They were without any other Union support and closer to Confederate lines than their counterparts. The South saw this advantage and troops (mostly from Mississippi), stormed into the Peach Orchard and crushed the Union line.

Jen and I had to quickly investigate this area since the park was closing soon. We got out of the car and walked around the orchard. If it wasn't for the nearby road, I feel we would have been too scared to venture any further, since the air had a very solemn and thick feel to it. We took this photo before we left.


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