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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

"This picturesque house was built in 1834 and at the time of the Civil War was owned by the noted statesman Thaddeus Stevens. It was on July 1, 1863 that General Robert E. Lee established his personal headquarters in this old stone house. An ideal location, it was at the center and rear of his battle lines and it was on the same road that many more of his troops were quickly approaching."
– General Lee's Headquarters Museum

William H. Tipton (photographer) (1850–1929) was a noted American photographer of the second half of the 19th Century, most noted for his extensive early photography of the Gettysburg Battlefield and the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [1] [2]


Robert E. Lee Headquarters, Gettsyburg – Then & Now:

Significant additions and renovations have been made over the years. These views appear to be of the side and (now) rear of the house. At the time of the battle the house was probably a duplex. [3]

"Lee Headquarters, Gettysburg c.1913" by William H. Tipton



"General Robert E. Lee Headquarters, 2007" by Greg Peterson

Wystan and Pixel Wrangler: Thanks for catching Tipton's signature and providing references. We'll update our source data to add this information.

There were only about a dozen 4-funnelled warships in the Royal Navy about the time of this photograph. They were all armoured cruisers. This ship looks as if it was HMS Euryalus, one of the Diadem Class of cruisers. Euryalus was based at Sydney on the Australian station between 1903 - 1905, so this is probably the period when this photo was taken.

The ship in the foreground appears to be one of the Cadmus Class of steel screw sloops. This is probably HMS Clio which was commissioned in January 1904 and sent out to the Australian station. She arrived in Sydney on 9 May 1904 and left on 18 June 1904. There was only a three week period in May and June 1904 when both the Clio and Euryalus were together in Sydney Harbour.

Great stuff, Picture Esk. According to this Wikipedia article HMS Euryalus was involved in the Gallipoli campaign, and was the headquarters there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Euryalus_(1901)

Yes, thank you for that very useful information Picture Esk.

The position of masts and funnel on foreground ship looks out of proportion for HMS Clio - funnel is too far foward, as is midmast. Is this due to distance distortion ?