During the Civil War the church was used by both the Confederate and Union Armies as the tide of war would change. At one point the Union Army used the inside of the church as a stable for their horses. The square high sided pews were perfect for a stable.In the late 1700's a golden-haired skeleton was found in the church belfry mystifying the parishioners. In later years a wide variety of apparitions, orbs, and frightening visits have taken place. Most of the paranormal activity in and around the church is not pleasant in nature which makes Aquia Church one of those unfriendly haunted locations that you don't want to visit alone after dark. One young person is said to have suffered a fatal heart attack in the 1800's while investigating the hauntings at the church. He literally died from fright.There is one story of a more pleasant nature involving the church. During the Civil War two confederate soldiers were hiding in the church from the Federal army when they heard a "whistling" that alerted them to the Federal soldiers approaching the church from the road. This "warning" gave the confederate soldiers just enough time to escape through the back of the church.In more recent times a paranormal investigator had a frightening experience in the church Cemetery. As soon as she entered the cemetery she felt as though eyes were looking at her from all directions. She could have sworn she heard voices telling her to leave before she was hurt. After only about ten minutes in the cemetery she felt as though she had to leave the cemetery immediately. As she was leaving the cemetery she felt a burning on her right shoulder and hurried to her car to wait for her fiancé who was at the other side of the cemetery.Once she returned to the car it began to fill with humidity as she waited for her fiancé to return. When her fiancé returned he took pictures of her sitting in the car that showed white lights circling the car. The burning on her shoulder turned out to be small welts that lasted for over three days.In another more recent tale a rescue squad was sent to a home where a woman saw a female with long blond hair wearing a white gown outside of her window holding her throat. Believing the woman was choking the rescue squad and police were dispatched to the scene only to find no trace whatsoever of any woman. The ground was very wet yet no foot prints could be found. Apparently this woman with long blond hair and wearing a white gown has been seen since the Civil War when she was murdered.The most common incident encountered consists of running feet going up the stairs to the belfry and the sounds of a deadly struggle above. Could these sounds be the last moments in the life of a young blond haired woman? We had the privilege of conducting an investigation of the church and adjoining cemetery in June of 2003. Unfortunately our investigation did not result in any ghostly sightings. We did encounter some movement of the dowsing rods in the back of the cemetery and on the Northern side of the church.Our investigation of the church included a guided tour of the interior by a church official who offered us some insight into the history of the site. Our guide did confirm the verbal record of the skeleton found in the church but denied the story of the confederate soldiers and their escape from the Union Army. 
