Lydia Leister Farm - House or Barn (Meade's HQ) Underground Railroad the Second Battle of Winchester

the Second Battle of Winchester is largely forgotten

— 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

author Mark Hughes employs more than 200 photographs coupled with clear and concise prose broken down into short

Chapter 1: Amos

Lydia Leister Farm - House or Barn (Meade's HQ) Underground Railroad the Second Battle of WinchesterThe 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