Octagon Hall Civil War Museum
In the northwest corner of Simpson County, Kentucky, sits an eight-sided home
which serves as a Civil War Museum. The structure itself is enough to make it
stand out, but the history of the home and of the ghostly activity in the house and
on the grounds qualifies it as one of the most haunted houses in America.
Andrew Jackson Caldwell completed the home in 1859, eight years after his first
wife and mother to three of his children, Elizabeth Akers Caldwell, died. Andrew
then married Harriet and had more children. Andrew died in 1866 and was buried
on the grounds next to his first wife and their 2 children. When Harriet died in
1920, her will stated for him to be moved and buried with her in Bowling Green,
Kentucky.
One of Andrew and Elizabeth’s children, Mary Elizabeth, burnt to death in the
home when her dress got too close to the fireplace in the winter kitchen. Mar x