Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section-Naval History 4" Brass Barrel

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These leaders each responded in different ways

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 4" Brass BarrelHistoric 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.