tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818322540441914078.post7036051075786182833..comments2023-10-29T04:50:21.955-05:00Comments on Ubiquitous Ghosts: A Sense of a PlaceOphelia Julienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424224315791620172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818322540441914078.post-89138975118117338192013-08-07T21:05:43.116-05:002013-08-07T21:05:43.116-05:00Mary, I had no idea! We'll have to talk about ...Mary, I had no idea! We'll have to talk about that the next time we see each other!<br />Ophelia Julienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424224315791620172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818322540441914078.post-29150085769352219552013-07-29T14:07:07.134-05:002013-07-29T14:07:07.134-05:00Many years ago I visited the Shiloh National Milit...Many years ago I visited the Shiloh National Military Park where a 2-day battle took place in April of 1862 during the Civil War. I am a Civil War buff and have visited many battlefields, but none affected me like Shiloh. Walking over the fields and through the forests where the battle took place was like walking through a world of ghosts. It was very eerie. I could sense the spirits of the men who fought there, as if they were alive and moving around me. I felt as if I could hear the dip of the oars in the river by the landing where so many troops came ashore. It's hard to explain what I felt there that day, but in recounting my experience to other Civil War buffs who'd been to Shiloh, I discovered that two others had had the same experience as I did when they visited the site. Like I, they said this had never happened to them at other Civil War battlefields. To me, Shiloh is a very special place where the horror of that war is indelibly printed in the land.Mary Welkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04399857531758579896noreply@blogger.com