During the ensuing battle, surrounded by confederate troops the third story of Annies inn was hit by a cannonball. When it was
reconstructed, only two stories were rebuilt, with a huge attic.
Later in the century it was used as a country doctors residence with the second story used as a hospital. Many letters and artifacts have been found during the present owners reconstruction.
In the early 1900s the land, still intact, was a large producer of asparagus. Montmorenci was much larger then with a railway depot at the center of town. Asparagus was shipped daily to New York. Later when cotton once again became valuable the land was returned to its
original crop. The present owners bought the old farmhouse with two acres and completely renovated the building and grounds to their present condition. They opened Annie's Inn in 1984.
