The discovery of a ghost at the Gettysburg Battlefield is just the beginning of many adventures for three young friends.

While getting used to the idea of having a shost soldier as a friend, a new ghost appears on the scene. Corporal Jared Scott enlist the help of his contempraries to solve the myster of this new ghost/visitor. What...or who... has taken up residence in old Mr. creach's outdated camper? In one dramatic scene, the boys come face to face with ghost soldier of many units.

Aunt Penny is moving into an old house in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Philip and Zach, along with their friend Chucky, help Aunt Penny move in. Elbow grease can clear the house of dust and the yard of weeds, but it will take some investigating and ghostly help to clear the root cellar of its frightening secret.

During a chat with ghost friend Corporal Jared Scott, Casey brings up an idea that Philip, Zach, and Chucky think is ridiculous: women fighting in the Civil War But Jared tells them he knows just such a woman, and now Casey wants to meet her. Casey gets her wish, but afterwards she feels led to help Althea get the answers she needs to rest in peace. What she finds not only helps Althea, it teaches Casey what the boys have already learned. The road to the past always begins in the present.