Haunted Columbus: The Camp Chase Conundrum

Camp Chase, located right outside Columbus, served as a prison for more than 2,000 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War—and it wound up being the final resting place to most of them.

Though you might expect a buried soldier to haunt the cemetery from the afterlife, a ghostly woman in gray has been seen wandering the grounds. She supposedly places flowers on two headstones, one belonging to a Benj. F. Allen and another marked “Unknown.” There is no information that points to the identity of this ghost who mourns the deaths of these two particular soldiers.

Below is the 614now’s rendition of the story behind the Woman in Gray.

In one corner of the lot laid her husband. He was a serious man who was many years her senior. It was hard receiving the news of his death.

In the other corner laid her lover. He was a handsome French immigrant with a great laugh. It was harder receiving the news of his death.

She visited their headstones on the anniversary of their deaths with two bundles of flowers—dark red roses for her husband, wild flowers for her lover.

Her infidelity caused her years and years of suffering, though she did not expect her mourning to last beyond her grave. Evidently, adultery is punishable by an eternity of pain and loneliness.

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