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 ... (Click at upper right to enlarge and click here for all posts on this blog.)
Monday, November 30, 2015
ANTIETAM: Beauty and terror on the Roulette farm
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 ... (Click at upper right to enlarge and click here for all posts on this blog.)
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