The McRaven House

The McRaven House This is perhaps the most famous haunted place in Vicksburg. The house was used as the Union headquarters during the occupation of the city. The house was used by Colonel Wilson, who Grant placed in charge of the Federal troops and a Captain McPherson, a former resident of the city. McPherson served as the liaison between the occupying troops and the residents of the town. One night, McPherson failed to return from his usual rounds and was declared missing. A search was started, but the young man was not found.
A night later, McPherson returned.... although not in the flesh. His mutilated-looking apparition appeared in the McRaven House. The ghost was dripping with spectral water and bloody. He materialized to Colonel Wilson and told his commander that he had been murdered by Confederate sympathizers and thrown into the river.
Since that time, the ghost has continued to appear, bearing the same message, to other occupants of the house.

And the ghost of Captain McPherson is not alone. There have also been sightings of a woman with long brown hair and a plain dress in the middle bedroom of the house. She has been seen by a number of reputable witnesses.
There have also been sightings of Civil War soldiers walking about the house.

In 1991, the house, which is currently a private residence, was blessed by an Episcopal priest, but the spirits continue to return.

by Troy Taylor