Explore this month through the lens of Southern spirits with this haunted book of days.
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4 June
- 1804 – Harriett Mackie, the supposed ghost bride of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, in Charleston, South Carolina dies.
5 June
- 2005 – A tree falls on and severely damages the Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge in its original location on Wacoochee Creek precipitating its move to Opelika Municipal Park.
6 June
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9 June
- 1863 – Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry battle fought on American soil, occurred in Virginia. Wounded and dying soldiers were taken to a house near the battlefield where many scratched their names into the plaster walls. Now known as Graffiti House, the house, the names and inscriptions, and perhaps the spirits there have been preserved as part of a museum.
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13 June
- 1935 – “Miss Nellie” Weaver Tucker, resident of Errolton in Columbus, Mississippi dies. She may be one of the spirits in residence in the home.
14 June
15 June
- 1888 – Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau dies at her home in New Orleans and is buried in the Glapion family crypt in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 on Basin Street. Ever since, her spirit has been encountered near the cemetery.
16 June
- 1888 – Sue Howard Hardy, a Charleston socialite, passes away and is buried in the churchyard of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. Her spirit has been captured in photographs and video more than a hundred years later.
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27 June
- 1864 – Confederate troops try to halt General Sherman’s movement towards Atlanta, north of the city at Kennesaw Mountain in Cobb County, Georgia. The battle leaves an untold number of spirits and spiritual activity across the landscape.
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