Kennesaw House, Marietta


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The Kennesaw House in Marietta is described as haunted by the spirits of Civil War casualties and residents, with reported activity including a crowded hospital room with screaming men in the basement, a surgeon who appears in the elevator, and the apparition of a woman in an Antebellum-era dress with pink trim. The building served as both a Confederate and later Union hospital and morgue during the Civil War, leading to numerous reports of paranormal phenomena. Civil War Hospital: Visitors and paranormal investigators have described a crowded hospital room in the basement where ghostly figures of men can be heard screaming in agony and seen being operated on by surgeons. A Civil War-era surgeon, sometimes described as wearing a black hat and cream coat, is reported to appear, particularly in the elevator. A female apparition, often described as wearing an old-fashioned dress with pink trim, is frequently reported, especially by children. Some accounts claim the house is haunted by as many as 700 restless spirits from its time as a hospital and morgue. The building, originally a cotton warehouse built in 1845, was purchased and converted into the Fletcher House Hotel by Dix Fletcher in 1855. During the Civil War, the hotel was repurposed as a Confederate hospital and later a Union hospital, also serving as a morgue, which is believed to be the origin of the hauntings.

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