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by Chris DeRose
a brilliant man of science and philosophy who became the finest statesman of his day
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At the outbreak of the Battle of Gettysburg
the first step of his journey to the White House
Mary Thompson House (Lee's HQ) Section - Gettysburg Timeline by Chris DeRoseHistoric 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.