Through Jennie Wade's Bullet-Pierced Door and Down Into the Cellar
A 90-minute night tour built around the house where Jennie Wade was shot in 1863, from the doorway the bullet came through down to the cellar.
On July 3, 1863, a bullet came through the doorway of a brick house on Baltimore Street and killed Jennie Wade. The listing calls her the only civilian killed during the battle of Gettysburg, and this night tour has been walking groups in through that same doorway since 2003.
Inside, the stories move from room to room and down to the cellar and, in the listing's words, its unhappy resident. Check in at the Tour Center at 778 Baltimore Street, not at the Jennie Wade gift shop. The listing says it in capital letters, and one traveler wrote that the directions weren't clear and their group panicked about missing the start.
As of October 22, 2026, the booking listing below runs this tour every night through October 31, then a few nights a week in November until its calendar stops on November 28. Start times move between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM depending on the date, so read the time on your confirmation. Halloween night, Saturday October 31, already shows sold out; Friday October 30 at 9:00 PM was still open.
Anyone 8 or older pays USD 20. The listing charges nothing for ages 7 and under, and every booking needs an adult.
Spirits of Jennie Wade Ghost Night Tour in GettysburgA 90-minute night tour of the Jennie Wade House and its cellar, with a listed outdoor portion near East Cemetery Hill. Check in at 778 Baltimore Street.www.viator.comThe Doorway, Then the Cellar
The listing gives the house forty-five of the ninety minutes. You enter through the doorway the bullet passed through, and travelers describe that half as the Wade family's history mixed with the ghost stories, told room by room.
One traveler noted that no lights were used in the house apart from the guide's lantern, and another wrote that the guide shut the cellar door and switched the lights off. If someone in your group does not do well in the dark, the cellar is the part to plan around. One family wrote that their daughter found it too scary and went back outside with one parent while the rest of the group finished downstairs.
What the Outside Half Really Is
On paper, the second forty-five minutes are a light walk near East Cemetery Hill, where the listing notes intense fighting during the battle. The operator describes the tour as taking you to the wall at East Cemetery Hill, and its FAQ says the ghost tours do not go onto the battlefield itself, because the national military park closes at sunset. Travelers who describe it place it at the end of the parking lot by East Cemetery Hill, with more stories and time for photos.
Two travelers, in July and August 2026, wrote that their groups never got to the outside part at all. One of them still called the time in the house great. If the battlefield is the reason you are booking, give East Cemetery Hill its own daytime visit and treat this tour as the night inside the house.
Group Size, Kids and Access
One booking on this listing takes up to ten people, but the group in the house can be larger than your booking. A traveler in 2024 counted thirteen people with one guide and said it was hard to fit everyone in one room, and others mention being packed into the small rooms. The listing charges nothing for ages 7 and under, but the operator's own page says the tour may not be suitable for children 10 and under.
The listing marks the tour as not wheelchair accessible and notes steps inside the house and light walking. The operator says its historic homes are not ADA compliant, asks guests with a physical impairment to contact it 14 days before the tour, and has strollers left outside the house or folded up in the gift shop. Your own ghost-hunting equipment is welcome if it makes no noise and does not distract the guide or the group, and the operator's gift shop sells EMF readers; travelers mention guides handing them to the kids in the group.
Booking Rules Worth Knowing
Cancel at least 24 hours before your start time for a full refund; inside 24 hours, nothing is refunded. The listing also allows the tour to be cancelled for bad weather. Mobile and paper tickets both work. Book within two days of the tour and confirmation can take up to 48 hours, subject to availability.
The same company runs a separate tour of the Soldiers' Orphans Homestead across the street, and some reviews you will read describe a combined Jennie Wade and orphanage tour. That combination is a different ticket from this listing.
📍 Check in inside the Tour Center building at 778 Baltimore Street, where parking is free; staff point you to your guide from there. Use the restrooms there too, because the operator says there are none inside the Jennie Wade House. The house itself is at 548 Baltimore Street, and the listing names it as where the tour ends; one traveler wrote that the only walking was from one end of the parking lot over to the house.
Photos are encouraged and video is not allowed on the operator's ghost tours, so bring a camera. The listing's own advice is that you never know what you may capture.