Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section-Naval History Mamie and Dwight shared a

Mamie and Dwight shared a busy social life in retirement

a combat zone between commercial developers and preservationists

Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery

cleanup of the battle ground

this book is a detailed guide for visitors to the site as well as others interested in American Civil War history

Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section-Naval History Mamie and Dwight shared aHistoric 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.