Case file · Haunting
Droop Mountain battlefield ghosts
The last major Civil War battle in West Virginia was fought on Droop Mountain on 6 November 1863. Visitors to the state park tell of phantom soldiers, a headless figure and the sounds of fighting.
1863 CE · 38.11, -80.27 · status: legend
The account
The battlefield became the first West Virginia state park in 1928.
The sceptical view
The stories are local tradition; nothing has been documented.