posted on Jul, 2 2013 @ 10:26 PM
I think this is very relevant today - the 150th anniversary of the battle at Round Top
"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.
En route to the battlefield, these soldiers reached a fork in the road and were unsure as to which direction to take. Suddenly, an imposing figure
wearing a tri-cornered hat appeared on horseback to lead them. At first they thought he was a Union general, but noticed that both the man and his
horse seemed to emit an eerie glow. Furthermore, some recognized the man as strongly resembling George Washington, whom they knew from his famous
portraits. Hundreds of the soldiers verified that they had seen this phantom.
The ghost led the division of soldiers to a strategic position at Little Round Top, where they were able to repel a flank of Confederates.
So well-known became this report of Washington’s ghost that Secretary of War Stanton later conducted a formal investigation of the matter. In his
testimony, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, who was in charge of the troops in question, said, “We know not what mystic power may be possessed by those
who are now bivouacking with the dead. I only know the effect, but I dare not explain or deny the cause. Who shall say that Washington was not among
the number of those who aided the country that he founded..."
paranormal.about.com...
Further - on page four- five of Michael Shea's account (link below) the phantom again reappeared at the crucial moment of the Battle for Little Round
Top and lead the Union soldiers charge - drawing confederate fire at the phantom.
www.godtheoriginalintent.com...
edit on 2-7-2013 by JoeP2247 because: (no reason given)
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