Sharpsburg Civil War Ghost Tours & High Priestess Tarot

09/14/2023

This weekend and next, we will commemorate the 161st anniversary of the battle. Head over to our park website for a full list of programming for both weekends.
https://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm

08/16/2023

Forecast for this Saturday’s Graveyards, Cemeteries and Soldiers Ghost Tour. 😊

07/03/2023

Fireworks Ghost Tour 2019. The Rohrbach House Remembers story.

06/21/2023

Where to get a good cup and a pastry in Sharpsburg? Check out Little Brick Coffee. 😊

06/15/2023

Related news story!!

Federal prosecutors said the manager was one of seven people charged with being part of a network that bought and sold remains stolen from the medical school and an Arkansas mortuary.

06/13/2023

It’s been known to happen. 😊

Bella Montoya knocked on her coffin at her own funeral after being declared dead in an Ecuador hospital.

06/10/2023

FYI if you’re craving Nutters today!

😔Sorry for the late notice:

⏰⏰Special Hours today (Saturday, June 10th)

We will be open 🚨5pm-8pm🚨 due to unforeseen circumstances. We will return to our normal 2pm-8pm on Sunday, June 11th.

Happy Saturday y'all!

06/04/2023

05/28/2023

Let’s make sure we recognize the sacrifices of service members who gave all for US this weekend. No place better than Sharpsburg to do just that. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

05/27/2023

It’s going to be an absolutely beautiful Memorial Day weekend! Come celebrate with us. We will be open Saturday through Monday from 12-6 with music all 3 days from 2-5!

Music:
Saturday- Fertile Soil
Sunday- Danny Webber Trio
Monday- Taulton-Bonham Duo

Food:
Sunday- Captain's Creations
Monday- Battleview Market

05/27/2023

Fantastic weather for tonight’s Sharpsburg Civil War Ghost Tours & High Priestess Tarot. Reserve now by email to [email protected] 😊

05/05/2023

A message from our Canadian friends. Mark your calendars!

We've reached the halfway mark, with only 183 sleeps left to go! But who's counting? 🖤🎃😂

01/22/2023

Please sign the petition to bring the 4th of July Salute to Independence back to Antietam Battlefield. After signing please share the petition widely. Thank you. ❤️

Save Our Salute

11/24/2022

11/08/2022

Forecast for Saturday November 12 looking great!

11/05/2022

Forecast for tonight’s tour. I have the feeling some might regret missing the tour tonight, especially if the weather adjusts to November temps. 😊

10/30/2022

We have great tours and tarot readings every Saturday until Thanksgiving, then a spectacular Thanksgiving Eve tour on the 23rd. Reserve at www.sharpsburgtours.net but don't wait! Tours sell out completely in advance.

Saturday Nov 5 our tour is The Soldiers' Passageway with 4 incredible stories about a Drummer Boy who never left Sharpsburg, a geographic oddity with creepy kids playing a very creepy game, a seriously haunted inn since July 4 1864, and a black dog that lives in a cemetery close to the grave of its owner. Don't forget to reserve! Use the link and it's so simple!

Captain Bender's Tavern is the starting and finishing point for our tours, so why not make a night of it and have pre-tour dinner and drinks? Or after the tour? Or both? Call them at 301-432-5813 to reserve a table, it can get busy! Captain Bender's Tavern is at 113 E Main Street in Sharpsburg.

Join us for the tour, and join us for an insightful tarot reading.

BTW the photos here show a sequence of photos with Orbs in the Children's Alley taken 10/22/22. This area always produces interesting orbs, and this sequence is the second one we’ve seen from tour patrons that suggests orbs moving in the alley. Check it out.

10/25/2022

As Halloween approaches, let's gather around the fire and share one of the oldest recorded ghost stories in Harpers Ferry from Joseph Barry's "The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry."

In 1799, 223 years ago, the United States was on the brink of war with France (called the Quasi War). George Washington came out of retirement to command the Army, establishing several large military encampments within the eastern U.S., including one at Harpers Ferry.

At that time, Harpers Ferry was a tiny village with only a handful of homes, a few mills, and a ferry crossing. It soon hosted hundreds of soldiers from Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in the fall and winter of 1799-1800. As winter approached, many soldiers in the Harpers Ferry camp became sick and died. Their bodies were buried on the slopes of Camp Hill.

Years later, residents claimed that the soldiers' spirits "hover still around the scene of their earthly campaign....in the stilly night are the weird notes of their fifes and the clatter of their drums heard."

Visit the Camp Hill area of the park today--can you hear the shrill voice of the fife or the pounding of the drums?

📷: Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine/volunteer Tim Ervin. Living history volunteers in War of 1812 uniform stand in front of Fort McHenry.

10/22/2022

Sharpsburg Civil War Ghost Tours and High Priestess Tarot SOLD OUT TONIGHT!!

To reserve for next weekend Friday and Saturday night, or any date up to Thanksgiving see our schedule at www.sharpsburgtours.net

10/22/2022

Orbs in the Children’s Alley.

Tonight’s tour and tarot are sold out! But we’ll do it all over again next week. Tours on both Friday and Saturday (no tarot on Friday). Reserve early so you don’t miss out! See our Halloween schedule and November dates through Thanksgiving.
www.sharpsburgtours.net

Don’t miss our Thanksgiving Eve Tour!! Wednesday Nov 23 at 7:00. Perfect for families and guests in town for the holiday.

10/11/2022

www.sharpsburgtours.net to see our schedule with great weekend dates and holidays too, through Halloween and on to Thanksgiving.

Isn't it time you had your cards read by Julia with High Priestess Tarot? Experience makes the difference, and Julia has tons of it. She's been studying and interpreting tarot for more than 30 years. Readings 6-9pm Saturday at Captain Bender's Tavern, 113 E Main Street in Sharpsburg. Why not have dinner and get a reading? Call to reserve your dinner table, 301-432-5813.

Our tour this week is the Soldiers' Passageway, an exciting and very busy area that we know all too well. Wounded soldiers search for help, a drummer boy whose body never went home to his mother, creepy kids playing a creepy game, and the best haunted inn story we've ever heard. Join us by reserving to [email protected].

10/08/2022

Tonight's Oktoberfest Tour finishes with a story we call Black Dog. See photo. See our full fall schedule with dates through Halloween and through Thanksgiving at www.sharpsburgtours.net

Don't miss your chance, reserve now! it's easy just use the link.
We have weekend tour dates for all the best weekends and holidays too.

10/01/2022

We finally managed to learn how to deal with the unpredictable rain and winds of hurricane forecasting for our area.

In October 2012 we were touring with a small group of friends when the first outer bands of Hurricane Sandy drifted over Sharpsburg. Although the rain was light it was steady. Still our group felt like it wasn’t that bad and off we went into the misty rain. At tour time the temperature was reasonable, I think it was mid 50s.

Back then our tour took 3 hours, and that was plenty of time for Sandy to show it wasn’t just light misty rain. One of our group didn’t even have a jacket, but he persisted that the tour continue as the rain and winds intensified. So on we went.

Some of you may have seen Caddyshack and the scene where the Bishop is playing in a light rain at first, but the storm gets worse and worse. That’s what happened to us. We slogged through 3 very wet and windy hours all the way to the finish. And the temperature fell into the 30s! Our jacketless friend was soon soaking wet and chilled to the bone.

Lesson 1 Completed: we learned not to expect just light rain from the outer bands of a hurricane!

A few years later we had a large tour with 20 or so reservations. The forecast was again for rain and wind from a hurricane moving up the coast. Taking into account Lesson 1, we called the tour off by email around noon on the tour date.

The storm never materialized in our area. It was cloudy but not wet, and not windy. The tropical October temp were in the 60s. Having a free Saturday night in October is a rare thing for us, so we decided to go to Captain Bender’s in Sharpsburg.

That’s when we found out that cancelling on the tour date still can be a major inconvenience. The tavern was full of people who expected a tour and hadn’t received our email cancellation. Some were furious, and all were miffed.

Lesson 2 Completed: Give people plenty of notice.

This week we’ve monitored Ian’s progress since Tuesday. With no certainty of a storm path, we were uncertain what to do or when to do it. Wednesday Florida got crushed. And on Thursday we knew that our area would have less than favorable weather today, Saturday. So it was time to cancel.

Emails were sent early Thursday to the many we had received reservations from, and immediately we received replies thanking us for the early notice.

Lifelong learning is a blast. 😊🌀

09/29/2022

One of our all time favorite tour photos.
www.sharpsburgtours.net to see our schedule.

Isn’t it time you went on a Sharpsburg Civil War Ghost Tour? Saturday dates are booking up fast and usually sell out. Now through Halloween and on to Thanksgiving. Make your plans now. 🎃

Next tour is Saturday October 8 at 7:30!

The Civil War history of Sharpsburg has led to a rich environment filled with folklore, myths and legends surrounding the events of September 1862. We've collected hundreds of stories from people during 35 years of research, and share them every week using documented historical events to understand.

09/16/2022

Question heard tonight: When do ghosts die?

09/05/2022

Question asked on last night’s tour:

How do you make ghosts appear?

08/25/2022

Forecast for Saturday is really nice!