Stone House – Battlefiel

This building links today’s landscape to the battlefield scene. The roadbeds have not changed; thousands of soldiers noticed the Stone House as they marched through this strategic intersection. <br><br> During both battles Federals turned the former tavern into a field hospital. Bloody floorboards were hardly unique&#8212;most houses in the area became crowded with wounded men&#8212;yet in diary after diary soldiers mentioned this particular structure. The relatively unscarred walls may have provided an image of peacetime amid fields of terror. <br><br> <i>(Photo Caption)</i> Stone House in March 1862. The Park Service has restored and furnished the house to resemble its 1861 appearance. Much of the structure may be original: the stone walls, window frames, and some floorboards.