Roulette Farm Antietam
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Roulette Farm Antietam
Roulette Farm Antietam Park
Unfortunately for Roulette, however, they also acted on his offer to “take anything” they found useful on his farm. Lee’s and George McClellan’s armies fought the Battle of Antietam on mostly prosperous farmsteads just north of Sharpsburg in Washington County, Md., on September 17, 1862. BATTLEFIELD BACKSTORY: The house on the hill and the outbuildings are part of a pastoral scene today, but on Sept. 17, 1862, the William Roulette farm was a place of terror and heartache. At the time of the Battle of Antietam, the farm was home to William and Margaret Roulette and their five children. The Roulettes did not own slaves, but did employ Nancy Camel, a former slave, as a domestic servant and a 15-year-old African American man named Robert Simon also resided on the property, working as a farm hand. The structure was a prominent landmark during the battle of Antietam and was used as a place of refuge by soldiers of both armies. More information Roulette Farm, Springhouse-Kitchen, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD The Springhouse-Kitchen is a well-preserved example of the late eighteenth- to early nineteenth -century vernacular architecture that was once common on farmsteads throughout the region.
BATTLEFIELD BACKSTORY: The house on the hill and the outbuildings are part of a pastoral scene today, but on Sept. 17, 1862, the William Roulette farm was a place of terror and heartache. George Crosby, a 19-year-old lieutenant in the 14th Connecticut, was among the wounded carried to the Roulette spring house (far right) for surgery after he was shot through the side in fighting in a field near the soon-to-be-infamous Bloody Lane. He died 37 days later at the home of his parents in Middle Haddam, Conn. Roulette's farmhouse also was used as a makeshift field hospital. After the battle, the rug in Roulette's parlor was so blood-soaked that it had to be carried to Antietam Creek to be washed. Years ago, I used to visit in Sharpsburg with Earl Roulette, one of William Roulette's great-grandsons. The stories that man could tell ... (