Meet one of the spirits that haunts the Square...
Union General Eleazar Payne
Gallatin came under Union occupation early in the Civil War in 1862. As the Confederates abandoned middle Tennessee, Union troops swarmed into Gallatin, taking control of public buildings in the Square and the city. This period of turmoil, marked by commanding general Payne's despotic treatment of innocent civilians, forms the basis of many area hauntings, which are explored through popular ghost tours that highlight the town's haunted history and significant historical events.