The Old Dominion has been one of the nation's most embattled states. Serving as center stage for both the American Revolution and the Civil War, it is also one of the most haunted. In addition to the sagas of the tragic spirits from these wars, this volume includes stories on the female stranger of Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, the mysterious stone showers in Newport, the ghost hound of the Blue Ridge, Mad Lucy of Williamsburg, and the spirits of native sons Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, and Edgar Allan Poe. AUTHOR: L. B. Taylor Jr. lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is the author of more than twenty books on Virginia ghosts.

He is a well-known speaker on the subject and has appeared on The Today Show. 6 b/w illustrations.