With ghosts and ghouls ready to take flight this Halloween in search of candy, tricks and treats, we got to wondering about the area’s things that go bump in the night. War Eagle’s Confederate soldier Throughout the years, many have watched as a Confederate soldier travels the shores of the War Eagle River next to the War Eagle Mill. The ghost is described as being dressed in a Confederate Army uniform. his position. Smith never saw the ghost, but the man could see him clear as day, she said.

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