History & local legend
George Weikert’s farmhouse stands north of Little Round Top on the Gettysburg battlefield. After the fighting in July 1863, the Weikert family returned to find wounded soldiers occupying their parlor. Family tradition holds that six men died in that room.
Later residents described activity elsewhere in the house. Tenants heard heavy footsteps moving back and forth through the attic, as though someone were pacing. When they went upstairs to investigate, the space was empty.
A second-floor door also refused to stay shut. According to accounts collected by American Hauntings, one park ranger tried securing it with a small wire nail, only to find it open again.
Sources
- American Hauntings, Gettysburg, former occupants’ accounts at the George Weikert House
- Stone Sentinels, the George Weikert farm and the family’s parlor account, photographs and map
- National Park Service, historic structures report for the George Weikert farm’s barn
- The Gettysburg Network of 1863, family census records, acreage and the Civil War hospital
- Mapcarta, specifically identified farmhouse footprint and coordinates
