Civil War Ghosts of South Carolina

In this volume, Tally Johnson, noted folklorist and librarian, casts a light on ghost stories from one of the most pivotal periods in both American and South Carolina history: The Civil War. From Fort Sumter to the Burning of Columbia and from the Gray Man of Pawleys Island to the lesser-known tale of Florena Budwin, all sections of the state are covered in his unique style.

A brief overview of both events leading to the War and of events in South Carolina during the War are also included. A lengthy bibliography is also included, covering both the ghosts and history of the period in South Carolina for further reading.

Contents

- Brief Overview of the Civil War in South Carolina

The Upcountry Region

- Springwood Cemetery: Greenville's City of the Dead

- Three Bridges Road, near Powdersville

- Moonville Cemetery

- Wofford College

- Rose Apartments (former Rose Hotel), York

- Rose Hill

- Newberry College: A ghost for every building (almost)

- Cry Baby Bridge-over the Enoree

- Andy Johnson; Didn't Stay Long, But Long Enough

- Bethabara Cemetery - Glowing Stones

- Sleepy Hollow - Without Ichabod Crane

- Burrell Hemphill

The Midlands Region

- Battle of Aiken: Robert E. Less Wasn't There Then, But Now?

- Oak Grove Plantation

- Rivers Bridge: Things Pop Up All the Time

- Is the "Queen of the Confederacy" Really Gone?

- Badwell Cemetery: History, "Haunts", and a Troll

- Blanding Street, Columbia

- University of South Carolina

- The Statehouse and Grounds Took a Licking

- Hampton-Preston House, Columbia

- South Carolina State Museum, Columbia

- A Diary from Dixie: Courtesy of Mary Boykin Chestnut

- The Bonham Family: Heroism and Service

- Longstreet at the Piedmont Hotel, Gainesville, GA

The PeeDee Region

- Enfield, Chesterfield County

- Florena Budwin and the Florence National Cemetery

- Mulberry Plantation

- Rectory Square Park

- Woodlawn Plantation, Marion County

- The Church of Holy Cross

- Oakland Plantation, Sumter County

- Battle of Dinkin's Mill or What the Wife Saw

- Loch Dhu Plantation

The Coastal Region

- General Beauregard Prowls Charleston's City Hall

- Battery Carriage House Inn

- Folly Island and Morris Island: Cool, but Creepy

- Forts Moultrie and Sumter

- Mount Pleasant

- Sentry on the Bohicket

- Sword Gate or Mme Talvande Still Watches Over Her Girls

- Trapman Street Tales

- The Grey Host

- Will the REAL Grey Man PLEASE Stand Up

- Hagley Landing

- The USS Harvest Moon in Winyah Bay

- Haunts in Georgetown: The Heriot and Morgan Houses

- The Battle of Honey Hill - Still Rages On

- The Land's End Light

- The Lucas Bay Light

- Otter Island: Fort Drayton