Jennie Wade House
On July 3, 1863, twenty-year-old Mary Virginia "Jennie" Wade was kneading bread in her sister's brick home on Baltimore Street when a stray Minié ball passed through two doors and struck her dead, making her the only civilian killed directly by the fighting at Gettysburg. More than 150 bullets pocked the house during the three-day battle, and today it stands as a museum preserving the kitchen where she fell. Visitors and investigators have long reported the scent of fresh-baked bread drifting through empty rooms, sudden cold spots, phantom footsteps, and disembodied voices whispering her name. Some claim to glimpse a young woman in a long dress moving through the hallways, while others describe gruffer male presences lingering in the basement and upper floor. The house has been featured on Ghost Adventures, Ghost Hunters, and Ghost Lab, cementing its place among Gettysburg's most enduringly haunted sites.
📍 548 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Gettysburg, PA · Get directions