Tyson Brothers Meade's headquarters [the Widow Leister's House], Gettysburg, PA. [1863 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0303 Author/Creator: Tyson Brothers Place Written: Gettysburg, Pa. Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 36.8 x 26.7 cm Order a Copy
The earth mound in front of [to the the left in the image] the house might be the graves of horses killed in the fighting. Text on recto reads: "General Meade's Headquarters, A position of great peril, occupied by the General during the heaviest part of the conflict. It is situated on the west side of the Tanneytown road, a short distance south of the National Cemetery." The image is almost identical to the Tipton image of Meade's headquarters with a difference in cropping.
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