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

the Second Battle of Winchester is largely forgotten

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

By Mark Dunkleman

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

It describes a journey of both spiritual and historic significance as revealed through previously undisclosed 150-year-old diaries that recount Herman Sidney Cook's odyssey

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