General Meade’s Head Quarters. : 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 Taneytown road, a short distance south of the National Cemetery
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Title
General Meade’s Head Quarters. : 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 Taneytown road, a short distance south of the National Cemetery
Collection
United States Sanitary Commission records. Condensed historical matter
Photographs
Photographs in portfolio
Gettysburg and vicinity
Names
United States Sanitary Commission (Creator)
Tyson Brothers (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1861 - 1871
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 18819
Subjects
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Health aspects
Public health -- United States
Gettysburg (Pa.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields
Tyson Brothers. Views from the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Military headquarters
Houses -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Genres
Notes
Content: Alternative title from https://www.nps.gov/places/lydia-leister-farm.htm, retrieved November 9, 2023
Physical Description
Albumen prints
Extent: 1 photograph ; 14 x 22 cm. on mount 22 x 28 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
Archives ID: 18819
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11660964
Archives EAD ID: 363380
Archives Components ID: 762995
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b4d6e7a0-5af3-013c-80ac-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "General Meade’s Head Quarters. : 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 Taneytown road, a short distance south of the National Cemetery" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1861 - 1871. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b4d6e7a0-5af3-013c-80ac-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1861 - 1871). General Meade’s Head Quarters. : 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 Taneytown road, a short distance south of the National Cemetery Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b4d6e7a0-5af3-013c-80ac-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "General Meade’s Head Quarters. : 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 Taneytown road, a short distance south of the National Cemetery" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b4d6e7a0-5af3-013c-80ac-0242ac110002
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