Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section-Naval History a combat zone between commercial

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"Nobody has brought together in one volume so many eyewitness accounts from both sides

Mamie and Dwight shared a busy social life in retirement

this book is a detailed guide for visitors to the site as well as others interested in American Civil War history

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Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section-Naval History a combat zone between commercialHistoric Mary Thompson House Lee's Headquarters The elderly widow Mary Thompson co owned her small house west of Gettysburg on the Chambersburg Pike with Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, a staunch northern abolitionist, when the Battle of Gettysburg began the morning of July 1, 1863. Top commanding Confederate General Robert E. Lee was quick to make her house his headquarters upon realizing its strategic location overlooking the battlefield.