Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section-Naval History Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery

Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery

changed history

Lincoln's Greatest Speech is both an important historical document and a thoughtful analysis of Lincoln's moral and rhetorical genius

4" Brass Barrel

cleanup of the battle ground

Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section-Naval History Omar Bradley and Bernard MontgomeryHistoric 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.