Grave of a Napoleon Soldier
From the Mazomanie road near the battlefield, one may drive east about a mile to the Roxbury Cemetery, on Trunk Line 12. Near the center of this Catholic burying ground lies a soldier who served one year against Napoleon and three years under him, a not uncommon circumstance when the whole of Europe was torn by the great Corsican. The inscription above the grave reads:
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| * | Peter Pauli | * |
| * | Geb. 10, June, 1792 | * |
| * | Gest. 7, Sept., 1884 | * |
| * | R. I. P. | * |
| * | Schlafe Wohl, O Vater Schlafe | * |
| * | Deiner Walfahrt Leiden aus | * |
| * | Sanft Sei Dir Der Letzte Schlummer | * |
| * | Dein Erwachen Ohne Kummer | * |
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About 1848 Pauli came with his family to America and after a stay in Milwaukee settled in Roxbury, where he died. It is said there are two other Napoleon soldiers buried in this cemetery but their graves have not been identified.
Within site of the cemetery is the Roxbury church, one of the richest rural churches in this section of the state and one which dates to territorial times.
On the return after passing over the bridge at Sauk City, the street due west crosses the railroad track and but a short distance beyond in an oak grove to the left, may be seen about an acre of Indian corn hills. Much of the ground at Prairie du Sac and Sauk City was devoted by the Indians to the growing of vegetables. These corn hills among the oaks are the only ones remaining, now sward covered and much reduced in elevation.
On the knoll or ridge, north of the highway and near the railroad, may be seen some old buildings among a few trees. Here in the spring of 1854, Professor H. J. Turner opened a French and English boarding school, which supplied educational facilities to the community for several years.