Roger Mark’s excellent diorama of Lee’s HQ at Gettysburg up for auction as CWT fundraiser!

Long-time wargamer Roger Mark has produced a stunning, hand-crafted diorama of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s headquarters at the Widow Thompson house at Gettysburg. While Lee managed the battle from the field and had his actual HQ in a tent across the street from the stone house, over the years the Thompson house has become known as Lee’s headquarters. For many years, a free museum has filled the building.

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Roger writes:

“Time frame that this scene might have taken place, (this is complete conjecture on my part, BTW) would be approx. early morning July 2nd, 1863. Although there is mention that these three did recon the South Flanking plan.

 

The miniatures are Perry Brothers 28mm and they represent Generals Longstreet, Lee and Hood. Ironically the General Lee figure was originally supposed to represent General Meade, but a little file and putty work fixed him up. Paints used were mostly Vallejo and Tamiya.”

“The building is pretty much scratch built out of balsa wood, plastic, putty along with the roof and stone facade being model railroad sheets. The trees and bushes are various Woodland Scenics products with a lot of scratch building. The fences are handmade out of balsa and basswood. Lee’s HQ flag and pole was scratchbuilt, with the flag having been drawn up and printed via MS Paint.”

Roger has placed the diorama up for auction on eBay. If successful, he will then donate a majority of the auction proceeds, (minus shipping and materials costs only) to the Civil War Trust’s campaign to purchase the actual building and surrounding property.

Why not place a generous bid and try to get this wonderful diorama for yourself??? The Civil War Trust’s efforts to obtain this property, while controversial to some in Gettysburg because of the potential loss of tax from nearby income-generating businesses, is commendable and will continue the process of slowly restoring as much of the battlefield vistas as possible.

Here is the link to the eBay auction page.