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Apparitions filed in Virginia

Virginia files 75 dossiers under this claim — a visible figure, full or fleeting, reported by a witness. It is the most common shape a report takes in the archive, and the Virginia shelf runs the same range as the national one: nameless shapes in hallways, figures identified across decades of separate sightings. The dossiers note who reported it and when; what was seen is left where the record leaves it.

75 dossiers0 counties covered88% open to visitorsFerry Plantation House — deepest file
Historic House
Medium

Ferry Plantation House

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove

Middletown, Virginia

October 19, 1864—Sheridan’s ride and the dawn surprise.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Blandford Cemetery

Petersburg, Virginia

Thirty thousand Confederates—the Memorial Day that started here.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Yorktown Battlefield

Yorktown, Virginia

October 1781—the siege that won the war, on the York River.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Lighthouse
Medium

Cape Henry Lighthouse

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The 1792 first federal lighthouse—where the Chesapeake meets the sea.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

City Point

Hopewell, Virginia

Grant’s 1864-65 headquarters—the port that fed the siege.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Tredegar Iron Works

Richmond, Virginia

The Confederate arsenal—the forge that armed the South.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Church
Medium

St. John’s Church (Richmond)

Richmond, Virginia

"Give me liberty or give me death"—the 1741 church on Church Hill.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Agecroft Hall

Richmond, Virginia

The 15th-century Tudor manor that crossed the Atlantic in 1925.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Wilton House

Richmond, Virginia

The 1753 Georgian on the James—moved 14 miles in 1933.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap, Virginia

The gap where the West opened—Boone’s road through the mountain.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Fredericksburg, Virginia

December 1862—the Union army’s worst day, at the stone wall.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Wilderness Battlefield

Locust Grove, Virginia

May 1864—the woods that burned with the wounded inside.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Brandy Station Battlefield

Brandy Station, Virginia

June 9, 1863—the largest cavalry battle ever fought in America.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Appomattox Court House

Appomattox, Virginia

April 9, 1865—the village where the war ended.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

The Crater

Petersburg, Virginia

July 30, 1864—the mine that exploded into a massacre.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

New Market Battlefield

New Market, Virginia

May 15, 1864—the VMI cadets’ charge in the Field of Lost Shoes.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Stratford Hall

Stratford, Virginia

The Lee family seat—where Robert E. Lee was born in 1807.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Westover Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

Byrd’s 1730s James River palace—Evelyn’s ghost in the garden.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Shirley Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

The 1613 working plantation—where Aunt Pratt’s portrait won’t stay put.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Sherwood Forest Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

John Tyler’s 300-foot house—the president who joined the Confederacy.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Maymont

Richmond, Virginia

The Dooleys’ 1893 Gilded Age mansion—where the maid still serves.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Scotchtown

Beaverdam, Virginia

Patrick Henry’s Hanover house—"give me liberty" written in its rooms.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Bacon’s Castle

Surry, Virginia

The 1665 brick house that gave a rebellion its name.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Chatham Manor

Fredericksburg, Virginia

The Georgian manor that saw Washington, Lincoln—and the war’s hospital.

2 claims · 1 legend→
District
Medium

Colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Virginia

The 301-acre living capital—where the ghosts are part of the program.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Historic Jamestowne

Jamestown, Virginia

1607—the first permanent English settlement, and the starving time.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Berkeley Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

The 1619 "first Thanksgiving"—where Taps was born and a president was born.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Monroe

Hampton, Virginia

The moated fort where freedom began—Contraband of War, 1861.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Centre Hill

Petersburg, Virginia

The 1823 mansion where Lincoln visited—and the ghost steps sound.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Trapezium House

Petersburg, Virginia

The 1817 house built without right angles—to keep the spirits out.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

Edgar Allan Poe Museum

Richmond, Virginia

The 1740 Old Stone House where Poe’s relics live—and the raven still calls.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Chimborazo Hospital site

Richmond, Virginia

The war’s largest hospital—76,000 patients on Church Hill.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Belle Isle

Richmond, Virginia

The island prison where 10,000 Union soldiers were held—1862-64.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Moses Myers House

Norfolk, Virginia

The 1792 Federal house of Norfolk’s first Jewish family.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Thoroughgood House

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The 1719 brick house—one of Virginia’s oldest surviving middling homes.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

Southwest Virginia Museum

Big Stone Gap, Virginia

The 1895 stone mansion where the region’s history—and ghosts—are kept.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Devil’s Bathtub

Fort Blackmore, Virginia

The swimming hole the devil is said to use.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Manassas National Battlefield

Manassas, Virginia

First and Second Bull Run—where the war began and returned, 1861-62.

2 claims→
Church
Medium

Historic St. John's Church

Richmond, Virginia

Church associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Luray Caverns

Luray, Virginia

The caverns with the "Stalacpipe Organ"—and a documented burial.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Skyline Caverns

Front Royal, Virginia

The cave with the anthodites—"orchids of the mineral world."

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Grand Caverns

Grottoes, Virginia

America’s oldest show cave—touring since 1806.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Hollins University

Roanoke, Virginia

The women’s college with the "Tinker" ghost and the Quad lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Cold Harbor Battlefield

Mechanicsville, Virginia

June 3, 1864—Grant’s charge that he regretted to the end.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Malvern Hill

Henrico, Virginia

July 1, 1862—the guns that ended the Seven Days.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Five Forks Battlefield

Dinwiddie, Virginia

April 1, 1865—the "Waterloo of the Confederacy" and Sheridan’s rise.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Petersburg National Battlefield

Petersburg, Virginia

Nine and a half months of siege—the war’s longest.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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