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Spirits of Jennie Wade Tour

This popular tour has entertained thousands since 2003, taking visitors on a journey into one of America’s most haunted historic homes.  Step back in time to hear tales of the resident spirits, ghostly soldiers, heartbroken women, and a variety of paranormal activity.

You will enter through the same doorway through which a bullet passed on July 3 rd 1863, killing young Jennie Wade and making her the only civilian to be killed during the battle of Gettysburg. Many spirits still linger, and they await your visit…

Known as one of the most haunted houses in the country, it has been featured on several paranormal television series, as well as You Tube and TikTok.  Come and see for yourself why this humble home has been featured on Travel Channel’s list of the most haunted houses. Click here for additional information on the history of Jennie Wade House .

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Learn the tragic civil war story of Jennie Wade on a US Ghost Adventures Tour of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Discover the dark side of this haunted and historic American town.

Only in Gettysburg can you stroll from one street and pass through multiple centuries of history and hauntings.

Because the city is so old, it’s one of the most haunted in America. Gettysburg was home not only to one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address but also to good innocent people whose lives changed during that fateful battle.

One of those innocents was Jennie Wade, an ordinary woman who has captured the hearts of all who’ve dared to visit her haunted Civil War era historic home:  The Jennie Wade House

Hard Beginnings

Christened Mary Virginia but called Jennie, Wade was born, raised, and killed in Gettysburg. Her mother, Mary, practically raised Jennie and her five siblings alone. Their father, James, was frequently absent—a drunk, a mean man, and generally not a rule follower.

James was later committed to a sanitarium, or a mental asylum, for his violent and unpredictable behavior. But that was only the start of a rough life for young Jennie Wade.

Mary and Jennie worked out of their home as seamstresses while caring for a local family’s young disabled son, Isaac. Jennie was on the verge of adulthood when the Civil War came to Gettysburg. That infamous battle would change everything.

Jennie’s Tragic Fate

By all accounts, Wade was a kind, charitable and virtuous person. She came from a large family and loved reading, baking bread, and stitching socks and scarves  for the struggling members of the Gettysburg community. She did all of this in her home in the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Little did she know that this home, now known as The Jennie Wade House, would stand in the middle of one of the fiercest battles in American history and be the location where the only civilian casualty of the battle would be killed.

When the war came, she joined the action the only way women could—by volunteering her time producing rations and healing wounded soldiers. Wade was known for her bountiful, warm loaves of homemade bread. 

One night, while she baked, Confederate sharpshooters fired a flurry of bullets toward the house where Wade was staying with her sister, Georgia. The exact location where the sharpshooters were hiding out is still a contentious point for historians.  Many point to the Farnsworth House Inn , where you can still see bullet holes from other skirmishes in the battle.  Recent theories settle on the Welty House , closer to the Jennie Wade House, and located on a more elevated property. 

Ironically, as Jennie cooked a loaf of bread to give to soldiers the next day, a stray bullet penetrated the home and struck her in the heart, killing her instantly.

She dropped to the floor and died, her blood pooling onto the floorboards, making a stain that’s still visible today. Jennie was the only civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg.

A Ghostly Legacy

Almost 200 years on, Jennie Wade’s story touches the hearts of visitors to the historic home where she died. But visitors have reported being touched in ways far more physical, ghostly, and unexplainable while there.

Ghostly activity occurs regularly within its walls. EVP, or electronic voice phenomenon, has been captured on audio equipment. There’s also video evidence of orbs zooming through walls and congregating around the blood mark where Wade fell in the kitchen. 

Witnesses have claimed to hear Wade walking through the home, and visitors at local bed and breakfasts have seen a dour young woman in the kitchen windows when no one is home.

Chilling happiness descends over visitors to the Wade house, as they become possessed by the happy, optimistic spirit of its mistress, but then remember the terrible fate that befell her.

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Since 2013, US Ghost Adventures has offered entertaining, historic, and authentic ghost tours of America’s most haunted cities. We deliver fun yet honest accounts of hauntings across the nation for curious people of all ages. Our ghost stories are based on historical research, but that doesn’t mean they won’t send a chill down your spine.

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Ghostly Whispers: The Haunting Tales of the Jennie Wade House

The Jennie Wade House Museum in Gettysburg PA is a must-visit destination, even for those who have little interest in the Civil War.

As a lifelong Gettysburg resident, this is one of the museums that I always recommend to visitors, because it tells the civilian side of the story of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Guided tours at the Jennie Wade House tell the tragic story of a 20-year-old girl who was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg in a house that is almost unchanged from the way it looked in 1863.

If you’re planning a visit to Gettysburg , then read on and discover everything you need to know about the Jennie Wade House Museum, including historical background, tour information, and the intriguing love story connected to Jennie Wade.

Summary: The Jennie Wade House Museum tells the story of a 20-year-old Gettysburg resident who was killed in her sister’s house during the Battle of Gettysburg. Tours of the house are available for $12 for an unguided tour and $15 for guided.

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The Battle Of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg is one of the best-known battles in American history, yet many don’t realize that it took place over three long days and resulted in more than 50,000 casualties.

Civilians in the small town of Gettysburg were caught in the crossfire on numerous occasions when fighting spread from the fields and farms onto the very streets.

Soldiers, therefore, weren’t the only ones to pay the price. Many of the residents lost their crops, their houses and their livelihoods.

One young lady even lost her life—shot in the back while performing the innocent task of kneading bread.

Who Was Jennie Wade?

Before the Civil War, the town of Gettysburg was a small, rural community, known primarily for its thriving agriculture industry.

It was also notable for being the home of the Lutheran Seminary and Pennsylvania College.

There were several churches, schools, and shops in the town of 2,400, as well as a few hotels and taverns for travelers passing through.

Mary Virginia “Jennie” (or Ginnie) Wade was born May 21, 1843, the second of six children to James and Mary Filby Wade. She spent her childhood attending local schools and helping with her father’s tailor shop.

Her father was often absent from home and spent more time in jail than with the family. 

In 1854, the family moved to a new house on Breckenridge Street, and at the time of the Civil War, Jennie worked as a seamstress to help provide money for the family.

When Jennie’s sister Georgia McClellan gave birth to her first child on June 26, Jennie and her mother and younger brothers walked to the brick double-house at 548 Baltimore Street to lend a hand to the new mother.

In addition to helping Georgia, whose husband was away at war, the mother and daughter thought the brick house just outside of town might be safer.

The town at this time was full of wild rumors about military troops heading their way.

What Happened At The Jennie Wade House?

The Wade family soon discovered that no place was safe. On July 1, as fighting erupted north and west of Gettysburg, a bullet flew through the window and hit the bedpost where Georgia was lying with her infant.

Bullet holes are still visible in the mantle of that room, which can be seen when touring the Jennie Wade House Museum.

That same day, an artillery shell crashed through the roof, tearing a hole in the second-story brick wall.

This shell left a ragged hole between Georgia’s house and the McClains, who lived on the other side of the small duplex.

It’s unclear how much the family knew about the two armies that had arrived and were clashing north of town. By that afternoon, the Confederates occupied the town to the north and Union troops were setting up defenses to the south.

Georgia’s house sat in between.

Despite the harrowing sounds of the battle, the clatter of musketry and the booming of cannons, Jennie continued baking bread and furnishing water to the Union troops who were manning a nearby picket post.

The House Between The Lines

Keep in mind, that the Jennie Wade House Museum is not Jennie Wade’s home. It was the home of her sister, Georgia.

Jennie Wade’s birthplace home is located on Baltimore Street (246) and is marked with wayside marker. Additionally, the home where she lived during the Civil War is located on Breckenridge Street and is also marked.

Today, guided tours take you through Georgia’s house from the basement to the second floor and describe what happens on that fateful day in 1863.

Before you go inside, you will be able see some of the 150 bullet holes that can be found in the bricks and the door on the north side of the house and the original well that was dug in the 1800s.

How Did Jennie Wade Die?

On the morning of July 3, 1863, Jennie followed her usual routine of reading her devotions aloud from the kitchen. The message that day was from Psalms 27 and Psalms 30:

“The Lord is my light and salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?”

Georgia, who was lying in the next room with her baby, became uncomfortable hearing the words and asked Jennie to stop reading.

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Jennie reportedly replied, “If there is anyone in this house that is to be killed today, I hope it is me, as George has that little baby.”

Jennie then began kneading dough for the day’s supply of bread. Despite the added precaution of standing behind the open parlor door to help protect her, a stray bullet passed through both the heavy outer door as well as the inner door.

The Death Of Jennie Wade

It was 8:30 a.m. on July 3, 1863, and Jennie Wade was dead.

The bullet struck Jennie in the back, passed through her heart and became stuck in her corset.

With flour still on her hands, she fell to the floor, the white powder getting strewn across the room and mixing with the blood of her wound.

Her mother, who was facing the fireplace, turned and saw her falling. She yelled to Georgia, “Your sister is dead!”

Georgia’s screams brought Union troops running.

The Jennie Wade House Bullet Holes

Wanting to get the family to safety, but unable to exit the dangerous North side of the house in order to go down in the cellar, the soldiers wrapped Jennie’s body in a blanket and carried her up to the second floor.

The hole from the artillery shell that had hit the house on July 1 now helped the family. The soldiers knocked out more bricks to enlarge the hole so the family could crawl through.

Now on the safer South side of the house, the Wade family made their way back down to the ground floor. They exited the house and went down to the cellar.

In the small dirt-floored cellar, the family was forced to sit and stare at the body from approximately 9 a.m. July 3 until 1 p.m. July 4.

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Jennie Wade House Basement

The Jennie Wade House Museum basement is perhaps the most captivating of the rooms on the guided house tour because of its small size. (And it’s eeriness!)

The fact that the family, along with a couple of soldiers had to huddle in the room for more than a day, not knowing what was happening above, makes it all the more scary.

That feeling is brought to life by the figure that is lying under a blanket in the dim light of the cellar.

I guarantee it is not something you will soon forget.

The Battle of Gettysburg resulted in more than 50,000 casualties, but this one civilian death captured the attention of the nation and shines a light on the human cost of war.

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The Aftermath Of The Battle Of Gettysburg

With the heat of July and the perils that surrounded them, the family finally buried Jennie in Georgia’s garden on July 4. Even then, the people of the town didn’t know if the battle was over or who had won.

One resident said they did not know Union forces had been victorious until July 5, though they “suspected it because of the lack of jubilation by the rebels.”

Tillie Pierce, another resident said, “We were glad that the storm had passed and that victory was perched on our banners, but oh, the horror and desolation that remained.”

According to journals written by local residents, the ground was covered with dead horses, broken wagons, pieces of shells, battered muskets and swords.

Many farmers fared worse than the townspeople because the artillery made roads over their grain fields, destroyed fences, and damaged barns.

In 1886 a local historian wrote that so completely were the farm fences destroyed that you could ride out of Gettysburg in any direction and never run into a fence.

A Place Of Great Suffering

By far the most distressing aftermath of the battle were the thousands of dead, dying and wounded men left behind by the departing armies. Of the approximately 170,000 troops at Gettysburg, one of every four was a casualty—killed, wounded, or reported missing.

A medical officer described the scene as “an occasion of the greatest amount of suffering known to the Nation since its birth.”

Gettysburg resident Fannie Buehler found the sights and sounds of the hospital established in the courthouse across the street from her home “too horrible to be described.”

In addition to caring for the wounded and burying the dead, the town had to deal with a wave of between 10 and 12,000 visitors who descended upon Gettysburg looking for loved ones—or merely wishing to see the famous battlefield where history had been made.

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Burying Jennie Wade (Three Times)

When at last things began to settle down—some six months later—Jennie’s body was moved from the yard where she was buried, to the cemetery of the German Reformed Church where the family attended services.

Then, about a year later, she was reinterred once again to Evergreen Cemetery .

Money for a monument was raised in 1900 and still marks the site where Jennie is buried.

Jennie Wade’s gravesite is the most visited grave in Gettysburg.

Additionally, she is one of only two women in the United States to have a perpetual flag fly over her grave 24 hours a day. The other is Betsy Ross.

Where Is Jennie Wade Buried In Evergreen Cemetery?

If you want to visit Jennie Wade’s burial site in Evergreen Cemetery, enter through the iconic gatehouse entrance along at 799 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg.

You will turn slightly right when you see the Elizabeth Thorne statue on your left.

Jennie Wade’s burial site is a large white monument with the figure of a woman on top on your right, near the road.

It is marked with an American flag flying 24 hours a day.

The engravings on the monument read: Whatsoever God willeth must be Though a nation mourns.

With a courage born of loyalty “She hath done what she could.”

Who Was Jack Skelly?

Jennie Wade grew up in Gettysburg and had two dear friends. One was Wesley Culp, whose uncle owned, what is now known as Culp’s Hill.

As an apprentice to a harness maker that moved to Virginia before the war, Wesley ended up living in the Old Dominion and fighting in Stonewall’s Brigade for the Confederacy during the war.

The other friend was Jack Skelly, who fought on the Union side. Some say he was engaged to Jennie at the time of her death.

When Jack Skelly was wounded in the Battle of Carter’s Woods near Winchester and captured, he had the opportunity to talk to his friend Wesley Culp whose regiment was nearby.

Skelly requested that Wesley deliver a note to Jennie Wade the next time he made it back to Gettysburg.

As fate would have it, Wesley found himself back in the town he knew so well quite soon.

Unfortunately, it was a town in which he was considered a traitor—even by his own relatives.

Several family members had threatened to shoot him on sight. He did, however, visit his sisters on the night of July 1, and told them about the letter.

Wesley then ended up fighting on the very ground where he had spent so much time exploring, hunting and hiking as a youth.

It is the same ground he died on.

The letter was never delivered, so Jennie never knew that Jack Skelly was wounded.

In fact, the letter was never found.

Wesley Culp was reportedly killed on July 3 on Culp’s Hill, but since his body was never recovered, it is unknown exactly when or where.

Jack Skelly succumbed to his injuries on July 12, nine days after his friends died, but he likewise did not know of their demise.

Because his picture was found in Jennie Wade’s pocket the day she died, it became rumored that the two were engaged.

Jack is buried near Jennie at Evergreen Cemetery.

His tombstone says: “ My country needs me, mother. May I go ?

The Jennie Wade House Tour

In addition learning about the life and death of Jennie Wade, the Jennie Wade House Tour guides also tell interesting stories about life during the Civil War era.

For instance, the guide shows visitors the lumpy mattress made of hay, that would have also been home to unwanted bugs.

She then grabs a part of the headboard that detaches and looks like a rolling pin, and beats the bed to get the bugs out and even up the mattress. This was called “hitting the hay.”

Another common saying originated from a practical joke that was often played on newlyweds. Friends and family of the future couple would go to their house without them knowing and untie all the ropes on the rope beds.

As soon as the newlyweds went to bed on their wedding night, they would fall onto the floor, and would then spend the night “tying the knot.”

The guide also explained that emptying the “chamber pot” every morning was usually a chore given to the youngest child.

Jennie Wade House Facts

• 548 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, Pa.
• Open Sunday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tours 30 minutes

FAQ’s About The Jennie Wade House Museum

How much is the jennie wade house tour.

The Jennie Wade House Tour is $12 for adults self-guided and $15 for a guided tour. Children 6-12 are $9 and $12 for those tours, with 5 and under free.

Where Is The Nearest Parking For The Jennie Wade House?

The Jennie Wade House Museum offers plentiful free parking including handicapped parking right outside the gift shop door.

What You’ll See On The Tour

The Jennie Wade House Museum Tour features guides in period attire who are entertaining and well-versed in the history of the home.

The house is furnished from top to bottom as it would have been in 1863, with original artifacts from that fateful day on display as well.

Some of the artifacts include the artillery shell that went through the roof of the house and a floorboard with Jennie’s blood still on it.

The dough trough in the kitchen is the actual one used by Jennie when she was killed, and the clock on the mantel of the fireplace on the Mclain side of the house is also original.

For those who want to see more, there is also a 2-hour Jennie Wade Walking Tour that takes visitors along Baltimore Street and points out other notable residents during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Jennie Wade House Ghost Tour

The regular Jennie Wade House Tour is in the top #15 things to do on TripAdvisor.

There are a number of ghost tours that highlight the Jennie Wade House including the Spirits of Jennie Wade tour. It is just one of the many ghost tours in Gettysburg .

If you just want to visit some of Gettysburg’s most haunted places , many of them are open to the public, including the haunted Sachs Mill Bridge.

Out of the many museums in Gettysburg , the Jennie Wade House is the oldest one, opening in 1901.

The newest museum in Gettysburg , that is run by the Adams County Historical Society , also focuses on the civilian experience.

Value plans to purchase tickets to multiple museums or tours are available through the Gettysburg Tour Center at 778 Baltimore Street, Gettsyburg.

The Jennie Wade House Gift Shop

The Jennie Wade House Museum Gift Shop is a great place to look for souvenirs and keepsakes from your trip to Gettysburg.

The shop features books, souvenirs and collectibles that relate to Jennie Wade.

They also have unique nostalgic gifts like mood rings and old-fashioned toys for children.

Was Jennie Wade The Only Civilian Killed In Gettysburg?

Jennie Wade is the only civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg, but there were other indirect deaths that occurred in and around Gettysburg .

Ephraim Whistler succumbed to injuries after a Confederate shell burst directly above his head at his home on the Chambersburg Pike.

Other civilians, including children, died from handling shells that exploded and loaded weapons that discharged.

What Hotels Are Close To The Jennie Wade House?

If you’re planning a trip to Gettysburg and need a place to stay near the Jennie Wade House, you’re in luck.

I highly recommend that 1863 Inn at Gettysburg , since it is right beside the Jennie Wade House and convenient to other museums, shops and restaurants.

If you’re looking for a budget hotel, the Budget Host Three Crowns Motor Lodge has been providing accommodations in Gettysburg for generations. Location is right in the heart of the tourist district. Walkable to everywhere.

And another convenient hotel is the Inn at Cemetery Hill . It’s close to everything including restaurants and museums in the tourist district and Evergreen Cemetery.

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Wrap-up of the jennie wade house museum.

With only minor changes and repairs to the Gettysburg Jennie Wade house, it is truly a step back in time.

During the Jennie Wade House tour, guides dressed in period attire keep you spellbound as they recount the tragic story of Jennie’s death.

Overall, the Jennie Wade House Museum and tour offer a fascinating glimpse into the life of a young woman who was caught in the crossfire of one of the bloodiest battles in American history.

It is a must-see destination for anyone interested in the Civil War, American history, or the experiences of civilians during wartime.

On a budget? There are a number of free things to do in Gettysburg that are fun for the whole family.

Disclosure: I was treated to a complimentary tour at the Jennie Wade Museum by Destination Gettysburg. The opinions expressed are my own from dozens of tours over many years at this historic house.

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Ad a mother of two grown sons, I think the tombstone epitaph of Jack is probably one of the most sublimely heartbreaking things I’ve read in awhile. Another great post.

The Jennie Wade House

Tragic story, Jennie’s. As the only direct civilian casualty during the Battle of Gettysburg, her death was a stark reminder for everyone who survived the war as to just how fortunate they were. Killed at the young age of 20, Jennie Wade lost her life after being hit by a stray bullet.

The Jennie Wade House is largely considered to be haunted and still stands today, with much of its original construction intact. It’s now a popular museum that serves to draw tourists from all over by offering tours that provide accounts of the activity within.

Taking place at the time of Jennie’s death was the infamous Battle of Gettysburg, a part of the American Civil War that resulted in anywhere from 46,000 to 51,000 lives lost. This alone accounts for many of the hauntings you hear about in Gettysburg today.

With such haunted happenings, there’s usually some kind of lost love attached to its backstory. With Jennie Wade’s, you find just that. But first, let’s go back a bit further to set the stage for what became one of Gettysburg’s most haunted attractions.

The Wade’s Difficult Life

Jennie Wade was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she lived at home with her mother, Mary, three brothers, and two sisters. Jennie’s father, James, wasn’t in the picture very often; a tailor by trade, James frequently had battles with the law, to the point that he was admitted into a mental institution over his erratic and troubling behavior.

To make ends meet without Mr. Wade, Jennie and her mother worked out of their home as seamstresses, tailoring clothes for the local community. To further assist in providing income, the Wades cared for a local family’s young disabled son named Isaac.

Trouble Brewing

When the Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1 st of 1863, Mary Wade didn’t feel like they were very safe, as war was waging just outside of their house. So, Mary packed up her family and Isaac and took them to the home of the eldest Wade sister, Georgia Anna. Thinking it would be the safer of the two homes, Jennie and her mother helped look after Georgia and her 5-day-old-son while there.

Later that afternoon, the Wades found themselves right in the middle of gunfire. In an unfortunate turn of events, the battle had now transitioned with them to right outside Georgia’s home. Staying calm, Jennie brought food and water to Union soldiers, all while helping to care for her older sister and baby nephew through the remainder of the evening. It was later learned that over 150 bullets hit the Wade home.

Artillery continued to rattle the duplex home going into the next day. That morning, during a break in the crossfire, Jennie and her brother went outside to collect firewood. She returned inside to read the Book of Psalms for a bit.

After studying Scripture, Jennie headed to the kitchen to begin kneading dough so that she could provide the troops with bread. Just then, a bullet crashed through a bedroom window, lodging itself in a bedpost mere inches away from Georgia and her baby boy.

Death Comes Knocking

Suddenly, and without warning, as Jennie was finishing up her dough, another bullet flew into the home, penetrated two doors and hit Jennie in the back and through her heart, killing her instantly.

Upon seeing what had happened, Georgia let out a scream that alerted Union soldiers outside. Running into the home, soldiers quickly escorted the remaining family members out the back, where they would be safe from Confederate gunfire.

After the South had retreated on July 4 th , it was reported that Mary Wade finished Jennie’s bread, making 15 loaves out of the very dough that her daughter had kneaded the morning she was killed. Soldiers then temporarily buried Jennie’s body in the backyard using a coffin that was intended for Confederate General, William Barksdale.

Several months later, in January of 1864, Jennie’s body was relocated to the German Reformed Church’s cemetery. Almost two years after that, in November of 1865, she was moved yet again to the Evergreen Cemetery where she remains at rest.

A monument was erected over her Evergreen grave in 1900 along with an American flag that flies day and night. The only other woman with that honor is the late Betsy Ross.

Nearly 20 years after the death of her daughter, the United States Senate awarded Mary Wade with a pension. This was because it was deemed that Jennie had been killed while serving the Union – baking bread for their soldiers. A bittersweet victory for the Wade family, but a kind – if late – gesture from the Senate.

Be Still My Beating Heart

When the American Civil War began in 1861, Jennie was engaged to a Union corporal by the name of Johnson “Jack” Skelly. Without Jennie’s knowledge, Jack had been seriously wounded just two weeks prior to her death.

With news traveling much slower in those days, Jennie never even knew of her fiance’s injury. A few days after her death, Jack died from his injuries, passing away on the 12 th of July. He, too, never received the news of what had happened to his beloved Jennie.

There persists rumors that if you place your finger in the hole of one of the doors that was penetrated when Jennie died, you will become engaged not long after. Miraculously, that door is still in the home to this day – hole and all.

Hauntings of the Wade House

The Jennie Wade House is today the Jennie Wade Museum. Inside, they offer a very detailed and graphic tour that is available to the public who wish to get an inside look at 19 th century life – specifically, when Jennie Wade died during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Here, you’ll find that the same floors are still intact – and still covered in blood from when Jennie fell to the floor after being shot. Also on display are several photographs that have been taken from inside the home. Some of them feature objects that will make you question reality, seemingly capturing the spirit of Jennie Wade.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the tour is when actual video evidence is given, proving the existence of a supernatural entity at work in the Wade home. If that wasn’t compelling enough, EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) recordings are played, providing even more proof of the hauntings that take place within.

Many witnesses have claimed over the years that they have seen her walking through the Wade home, while others have spotted her wandering the surrounding countryside. It would appear that Jennie can’t let go of her once beloved homeland.

So often do reports come forward that the television series Ghost Adventures , and Ghost Lab have both featured the Wade residence on their respective shows.

The Battle of Gettysburg was a horrific part of the American Civil War that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. Astonishingly, Jennie Wade remains the only civilian to die during the fighting that took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

With so much bloodshed throughout Pennsylvania during that era, many buildings and locations are believed to be haunted. You needn’t travel very far to find any such place, as they are littered all over the area.

If you decide to visit the Jennie Wade House, make sure that you bring a camera. You never know what might later show up in your photographs. Many who have done so have come to find inexplicable paranormal objects, possibly the disembodied spirit of Jennie Wade.

The Jennie Wade House will forever hold the memory of the tragedy that took place there on that fateful July morning in 1863. As long as it is still standing, future generations can come to learn of the bravery that Jennie Wade so selflessly displayed that day.

Check out some of our Civil War Ghosts tours and hair raising websites, like MiamiHaunts not to mention our interactive fully immersive tour app.

• https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/product/the-jennie-wade-house-is-haunted/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Wade
• https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60798-d666269-r192954597-Jennie_Wade_House-Gettysburg_Pennsylvania.html
• https://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-only-civilian-to-die-at-gettysburg

True Ghost Stories, Real Haunted Houses, and Where They Buried the Bodies!

Gettysburg ghost tour schedules are posted month-to-month, usually by the last week of each month, jennie wade ghost tour.

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Hear tales of ghostly encounters with soldiers and civilians on a 90 minute walking tour. The first half of the tour takes place outside, stopping at three or four sites. The last half of the tour takes you inside one of the most haunted houses in the country, the Jennie Wade House, where the only civilian casualty during the battle at Gettysburg caused an ill-fated legacy of hauntings.

$11.50 per person (ages 7 and under free)

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Haunted Orphanage Tour

Experience the haunting tales of Steinwehr Avenue, and then journey inside the Soldiers National Museum, which served as an orphanage for children whose fathers passed away in battle. The daring may descend to the cellar, the eternal home of these mistreated orphans. Allow 90 minutes.

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717-334-6296 778 Baltimore Street Gettysburg , PA 17325

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Step back in time as you join the experienced guides of Ghostly Images of Gettysburg and enter a truly haunted house. Follow your guide for a short walk around the location of your choice for haunted tales and then walk into a historic building to learn of the history and hauntings. Ghostly Images is the ONLY tour company in Gettysburg that can take you inside   the  Homestead Orphanage or the Jennie Wade House .

Award Winning Nightly Walking Tours – $15 per person (age 8 and above), Children 7 and under are Free.

Specialty Tours are also given in the homes:

Ghostly Encounter Tour- Join a “ghost” from the Orphanage or the Jennie Wade Houseon this unique tour! Your ghost host or hostess will share tales of their life and the paranormal. $18 Adults (age 8 and over), Children 7 and under FREE

Late Night Spirits of Jennie Wade/Haunted Orphanage Combo Tour –Can’t decide on what tour to take, how about doing both?! We dare you to explore two haunted homes. This 90 minute adventure takes you inside the Haunted Orphanage and The Jennie Wade House.   Not only will your journey take you through two of the most haunted buildings in the world, but you have the rare opportunity to do it in the dark!   (Minimal lantern light provided on stairs.)   *The Late Night Tour is not suitable for children.

Haunted Bus Tour- Dare to board a motor coach bus and travel through the haunted countryside as the guide entertains you with haunted tales of those who were left behind after the battle and others that believe they will never   leave Gettysburg. Step off the bus at a haunted location for more tales. Keep your eyes open, you never know who’s following you!

$30 Adults/$22 Children (ages 6-12)

Private Paranormal Investigation- Enjoy 2 hours of investigating in one of the homes with your team of paranormal investigators. A seasoned guide will assist you in your own investigation, offering history, recent activity and even helping on the investigation if you desire. What more could you ask for?! More time? 4 hour investigations are available as well!

*Specialty Tours are scheduled for specific times during the year. Call for more information, tickets and times. No reservations for specialty tours, as these tours sell out fast.

With so much to choose from, how can you go wrong?! Return again and again to try something new. Ghostly Images of Gettysburg offers quality tours with guides who will treat you to a hauntingly good time!

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East Cemetery Hill Tour

Gettysburg ghost tours, pennsylvania, quick details.

• Ages:  All Ages
• Duration:  1 Hour
• Featuring:   The Jennie Wade Birth House, Orphanage, & Local Cemeteries
• Meeting Point:  Gettysburg Ghost Tour storefront at 47 Steinwehr Avenue
• Availability:  Daily

Explore the grim and the dark in cemeteries and haunted locations on the East Cemetery Hill tour

In this candlelit tour, join us for a thoroughly eerie experience of exploring an orphanage and The Jennie Wade Birth House along with local cemeteries! Listen to the gruesome stories behind each of these locations and what makes them prime sights for hauntings.

• We operate rain or shine.
• Our walking tours are pet friendly.

Important Information

• Bring comfortable walking shoes.
• Please arrive 30-45 minutes before your tour time to pick up tickets at the  Gettysburg Ghost Tour storefront at 47 Steinwehr Avenue.
• Detailed directions are included in your confirmation email.

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Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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Moscow metro

Buried treasure: The splendor of the Moscow Metro system

Owen hatherley the calvert journal january 29, 2013.

. Reposted from  The Calvert Journal , a daily briefing on the culture and creativity of modern Russia.

. Post-Communist underground stations in Moscow, like the recently completed Pyatnitskoye shosse, are still, very visibly, Moscow Metro stations. Regardless of the need or otherwise for nuclear shelters, they’re still buried deep in the ground; ubiquitous still is the expensive, laborious, but highly legible and architecturally breathtaking practice of providing high-ceilinged vaults with the trains leaving from either side. There have been attempts at “normal” metro lines, like the sober stations built under Khrushchev, or the “Light Metro” finished in 2003, but they didn’t catch on. Largely, the model developed in the mid-1930s continues, and not just in Moscow — extensions in Kiev or St Petersburg, or altogether new systems in Kazan or Almaty, carry on this peculiar tradition. Metro stations are still being treated as palaces of the people, over two decades after the “people’s” states collapsed. This could be a question of maintaining quality control, but then quality is not conspicuous in the Russian built environment. So why does this endure?

. The original, 1930s Moscow Metro was the place where even the most skeptical fellow travellers threw away their doubts and surrendered. Bertolt Brecht wrote an awe-filled poem on the subject, “The Moscow Workers Take Possession of the Great Metro on April 27, 1935,” dropping his habitual irony and dialectic to describe the Metro workers perusing the system they’d built on the day of its opening. At the end, the poet gasps, his guard down, “This is the grand picture that once upon a time/ rocked the writers who foresaw it” — that is, that here, at least, a dream of “Communism” had been palpably built. It was not an uncommon reaction, then or now, nostalgia notwithstanding. The first stations, those Brecht was talking about, were not particularly over-ornamented, especially by the standards of what came later, but their extreme opulence and spaciousness was still overwhelming. Stations like Sokolniki or Kropotkinskaya didn’t bludgeon with classical reminisces and mosaics. Yet three things about the underground designs created by architects Alexei Dushkin, Ivan Fomin, Dmitry Chechulin et al were unprecedented in any previous public transport network, whether Charles Holden’s London, Alfred Grenander’s Berlin or Hector Guimard’s Paris. First, the huge size of the halls, their high ceilings and widely-spaced columns; second, the quality of the materials, with various coloured marbles shipped in from all over the USSR; and third, the lighting, emerging from individually-designed, surreal chandeliers, often murkily atmospheric, designed to create mood rather than light.

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