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Death hung in the air, the stench repugnant, so many left dead, the numbers were devastating. The War continued and the death toll repulsive: The Seven Day battle 36,000 dead, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House 31,000, Battle of Chancellorsville 30,000, Battle of Wilderness 28,000, and the list goes on and on. This left the souls of the dead angry and resentful. Whether you were fighting in battle or sitting in a prison, the experience was a hell on earth. The prisoners had little to no supplies of food, clothing, or clean water. The summer heat stifling, the winters lacked sufficient heating.
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Stripped of any furnishings, the prisons were dirty, full of vermin, crowded, and they lacked proper ventilation. Old tobacco factories were turned into prisons. The Union knew they needed to take Richmond and all the skirmishes and battles along the way became blood baths. Defending Richmond was their ultimate goal. Virginia became a major theater of the Civil War. The western section of Virginia split off and joined the Union, formed their own new government and became a new state of West Virginia. When Abraham Lincoln called for Union troops to abolish the practice of slavery, Virginia a slave state, joined the Confederacy. Those who could would try to escape by way of the Underground Railroad. This separated families and divided the communities. With tobacco farming on the decline and the invention of the cotton gin in the south, many of the slave owners began selling off their slaves to the southern plantation owners. This had a devastating economic impact on the tobacco farming. Many were left injured, dismembered, infected, or dead.
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When General George Washington captured the British at Yorktown in 1781, the Revolutionary War ended. The bloody battles ensued, the experience brutal. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and soon thereafter the Revolutionary War broke out. Evolution of our country and the change from the most restrictive government and taxes to a new and freer society was occurring. As the tobacco industry grew so did the population of English and their slaves. However, blight killed off the food for the silkworm and tobacco rose to be the major export. Jamestown was settled by the English colonists and the farming of silk was the first export. Virginia was named for the “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth 1. Virginia, is one of the 13 original colonies to become a state, is a state full of the bloody and gory history of war and slavery. Virginia haunted houses will entertain you for hours. Bring a friend, it’s never safe to enter Creepy Hollow Hayride or Scream Forest. Visit the creepy that lurk in the forest in Richmond at Creepy Hollow Scream Park. Visit the undead at Luray haunted houses. Darkwood Manor presents The Lurking Horror. Join the bloodbath at Deadtown Abbey, The Werehouse, and The Midlothian Coal Pit. Midlothian haunted houses has 3 scary attractions at Blood Lake Haunted Trail.
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Midlothian, Luray, and Richmond offer some outstanding haunted houses. Virginia haunted houses are scattered throughout the state.