Take a Walk w/Gettysburg Gerry-Gen.G.G. Meade HQ

Take a Walk w/Gettysburg Gerry-Gen.G.G. Meade  HQ

During 3 days in July in the summer of 1863 Gen. George Meade choose the little farmhouse of Lydia Leister to call home. Little did he know it would within those walls that the future of our country would be determined. The Leister farmhouse is a small two room home on the Tanyetown Rd just south of Gettysburg Pa. The choice was a contrast to the HQ's of Gen R.E. Lee on the Chambersburg Rd, west of Gettysburg Pa.

  
The small home was positioned just inside the curve of the famous fishook formation that the Union Army Of the Potomac chose. The home was abandoned by Lydia and her 6 children shortly before the battle. It is best remembered for it's famous council of war meeting held by Meade and his Generals on the evening of July 2nd. The little farhttp://activerain.com/action/blogs_admin/write/2461334mhouse on the Gettysburg Battlefield  took pretty severe damage during the bombardment prior to Picketts Charge.

 

Lydia Leister returned to home after the battle to find it standing but with numerous bullet homes and most of the surrounding acreage destroyed. All of the fruit trees were destroyed, the hay that was stored in the barn was gone, the wheat field destroyed, and her spring spoiled. As was the case with most farms that experienced damage, there was no compansation from the government, and Ms. Leister was left to rebuild her life all by herself.

I hope you enjoy this little trip into history with Gettysburg Gerry. Be sure and stop back often for more installments into the history that surrounds this beautifull little town, Gettysburg Pa.