The legend of George Washington’s ghost and how he led the Union Army during a key battle in the civil war…fact or fiction?
George Washington’s Ghost Saved the Union
https://ghostsofny.com/blog/536/page/2/
Excerpt below from full article above….
[“Did you know that George Washington is credited by some as helping the Union Army in one of its most decisive engagements at Gettysburg? Wait a minute… George Washington? He was a general during the Revolutionary War and died in 1799, well before the Civil War. Yet Washington – or rather his ghost – is said to have appeared to the 20th Maine Division as they approached Gettysburg. At first, they thought he was a Union general but they began to scratch their heads that he looked remarkably like George Washington. The horseman led the Union soldiers to Little Round Top where they were able to repel the Confederates.]
https://ghostsofny.com/blog/536/page/2/
Excerpt below from full article above….
[“Did you know that George Washington is credited by some as helping the Union Army in one of its most decisive engagements at Gettysburg? Wait a minute… George Washington? He was a general during the Revolutionary War and died in 1799, well before the Civil War. Yet Washington – or rather his ghost – is said to have appeared to the 20th Maine Division as they approached Gettysburg. At first, they thought he was a Union general but they began to scratch their heads that he looked remarkably like George Washington. The horseman led the Union soldiers to Little Round Top where they were able to repel the Confederates.]
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