Daniel Lady Farm
Daniel Lady bought this stone farmhouse and its 146 acres in 1840, and in July 1863 it was swept into the Battle of Gettysburg, serving as a Confederate staging area, headquarters, and field hospital during the fight for Culp's Hill. Surgeons treated more than 87 wounded officers in the residence and the rank-and-file in the barn below, where 37 Confederate dead were buried.
Bloodstains still darken the parlor floor, confirmed as human in a 2010 forensic analysis, and soldiers' carved initials remain in the barn wood. Visitors and investigators report field apparitions, disembodied Southern-accented voices, and activity in the upstairs bedroom where the Lady family is said to have found a dead Confederate soldier.
Preserved since 1999 by the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association, it is counted among Gettysburg's most haunted places.
📍 1008 Hanover Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Gettysburg, PA · Get directions