History & local legend
Devil’s Den is a formation of large boulders on the Gettysburg battlefield, where Confederate soldiers fought during the July 1863 battle. Its narrow spaces and rocky hiding places are also the setting for a familiar local ghost story.
Visitors have described meeting a barefoot man in worn, ragged clothing. He points out a direction, then disappears among the rocks. The story does not establish his name or identify him as a specific soldier. Other accounts collected by HISTORY describe unexplained gunfire and cameras failing at the site.
