Lydia Leister Farm - House or Barn (Meade's HQ) Underground Railroad instead of finding the answers

instead of finding the answers to most of my questions and feeling satisfied with my research

the Second Battle of Winchester is largely forgotten

we have been working hard to make sure we are able to continue our long tradition of offering educational programming to our community and our visitors

— From an anonymous note delivered to Congressman Daniel Sickles on February 24

The Gettysburg Campaign and its culminating battle have generated more than their share of analysis and published works

Lydia Leister Farm - House or Barn (Meade's HQ) Underground Railroad instead of finding the answersThe widow Lydia Leister bought her small 9 acre Taneytown Road farm just south of Gettysburg in 1861. Her hard work quickly made the farm self sufficient. At the outbreak of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 3, 1863, commanding Union Army General George Gordon Meade commandeered the farm to serve as his headquarters due to its centrally located position. Following the Battle of Gettysburg Lydia returned home to find her small house damaged from