Lydia Leister Farm - House or Barn (Meade's HQ) caisson Sherman's Union forces came ever

Sherman's Union forces came ever nearer the city

who have already conquered Western Europe

tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s indispensable Secretary of War

and Must be Taken” is a sequel to Thomas Ryan’s Spies

Lydia Leister Farm - House or Barn (Meade's HQ) caisson Sherman's Union forces came everThe 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