Straban Township in Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

General Lee on The Lady Farm

Photographed by Mike McKeown, March 23, 2025

1. General Lee on The Lady Farm Marker

Inscription. July 2, 1863, dawned with the Lady Farm under Confederate occupation. General Johnson used the farmhouse for his headquarters. Surgeons prepared the house and barn for the casualties that were sure to come. Daniel, Rebecca. and their seven children, ranging in age from 10 years to 3 months, were holed up in the house, apprehensively awaiting what was to come. General Lee, with General Ewell, arrived at the Lady Farm to meet with Johnson. The account from Sarah Lady says that Lee was mounted on his horse and talking to officers on the porch. Those officers then mounted their horses and all rode to nearby Benner's Hill to assess the Union line.

Lee's battle plan for July 2nd called for Ewell to demonstrate against the Union right on Culp's while Longstreet attacked "up the Emmitsburg Road" assailing Cemetery Hill on its more gradual slope from the South.

Johnson had placed 19-year-old Major Joseph Latimer, known by his superiors as "The Boy Major" in charge of placing his Battalion of Artillery. Latimer rode and surveyed the area through the morning of July 2nd but found no better location to place his guns than on Benner's Hill, directly West of the Lady Farm.

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General Robert E. Lee, Overall Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
William Tipton image of Benner's

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looking towards town, circa 1880s

Erected 2024 by Historic Daniel Lady Farm.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 2, 1863.

Location. 39° 49.673′ N, 77° 12.413′ W. Marker is in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Straban Township. It can be reached from Hanover Road 0.8 miles east of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling east. Located near the south parking area of the Daniel Lady Farm. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1008 Hanover Rd, Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Home, Headquarters, Hospital (a few steps from this marker); Home, Headquarters, Hospital (cont'd) (a few steps from this marker); The Union 12th Corps (within shouting distance of this marker); CSA Field Hospital (within shouting distance of this marker); Daniel Lady Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Milledge's Battery - Nelson's Battalion (approx. 0.3 miles away); Nelson's Battalion (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Also see . . .
1. Historic Daniel Lady Farm. (Submitted on March 25, 2025.)
2. Joseph W. Latimer

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. Wikipedia (Submitted on March 25, 2025.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 170 times since then and 8 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on March 23, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.