No part of the battlefield witnessed heavier fighting than the area
known as Freeman's Farm. Around this farmhouse and its oblong clearing
of 15 acres, the swirling tides of battle beat relentlessly in the
engagements of both September 19 and October 7. The original Freeman
farmhouse, owned at the time of the battles by Isaac Leggett, occupied
approximately the site of the present building by that name. Following
the battle of September 19, it was included within the fortification
known as the Balcarres Redoubt. The oblong clearing ran east and west
across the same small ridge on which the Freeman house stood.
[Illustration: _The John Neilson House. This structure, situated on
Bemis Heights, is the only contemporary building remaining on the
battlefield._]