The city was transformed into one huge hospital during the Civil War. After the battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day of the war, between six and eight thousand sick and wounded men were brought to Frederick for medical treatment. For many of these men, it took many months of pain and suffering to succumb to their wounds. In the years that followed, the city grew and flourished, bringing with it, an emerging population filled with innovative ideas, staunch independence, and an ever increasing spirit of individualism.
Today, the past is very much alive in historic Frederick in more ways than one. Rich is history, fact, and folklore, Frederick continues to tantalize and intrigue its visitors. Seemingly holding time at ransom, Frederick continues to be a postmortem of something that once was. A city that is indeed a respiratory of the dead, of a past that refuses to relinquish all her secrets, for they endure for the fascination of all who dare to investigate those who refuse to believe in their own demise. War, murder, suicide and pestilence, all have contributed to Frederick's seemingly endless supply of residue energy.
The city’s scars are indelible - establishing Frederick as "One of the most haunted cities in the United States -
and 'THE MOST HAUNTED CITY' in the state of Maryland."
