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Who could rightly state the civil war began in his backyard and ended in his parlor?
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A Virginia farmer named Wilmer McLean. At the start of the war McLean had a farm near Manassass, Virginia, and part of the First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassass) was fought over his land. This was the first big battle of the war. McLean realized that being so close to Washington DC there was a good chance his home would see much more violence in the war, so he sold and moved to a new farm he bought further south in Virginia, near the tiny village of Appomattox Court House. Things were quiet there, until General Lee's retreating army was surrounded at that town in April, 1865. Lee and Grant met to draw up and sign surrender terms in McLean's parlor. Before that day was over most of McLean's furniture was stolen or sold to souvenir hunters. In the early 1890s he sold the house to promoters who intended to take it apart and move it to Chicago, reassemble it and to exhibit it for money at the Columbian Exhibition of 1892-3. They took the house apart, but never got it to Chicago. There is a duplicate built by the National Park Service today in the recreated village of Appomattox Court House.
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Who owned the farmhouse where the two commanders of the Civil War met to end the war?
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia was signed in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home at Appomattox Court House. It was a great irony for Wilmer McCleans other home in Manassas Viriginia was where Beauregard made his headquarters for the First Battle of Bull Run. It is said by many Civil War historians that the War of Rebellion began on Will McClean's porch and ended in his parlor.
The Civil War began with the?
bombardment of Fort Sumter
What was the significance of the confederate capture of fort Sumter?
it began the civil war
When the civil war began the north had an advantage in terms of?
weapons and people?????
What year did the American Civil War began and end?
The Civil War began in 1861 when the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter. It ended in a surrender between Grant and Lee in 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse.
Who could rightly state that the civil war began in his backyard and ended in his parlor and why?
Wilmer McLean, whose Virginia farm was a backdrop for the First Battle of Bull Run on July 18, 1861. McLean moved to Virginia's Appomattox County, where his home was the site of Lee's surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865.
Where did Wilbur McClain say that the Civil War began and where it ended?
began in his front yard and ended in his parlor.
Who reportedly said something like the Civil War began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor?
Wilmer Mclean
Who owned the land where the first and last battles of the American civil war were fought?
Wilmer McClain maintained that the Civil War began in his front yard, and ended in his front parlor.
What mans home was used during both the first and last major baules of the cilvil war?
Wilmer McClain, "The Civil War began in my front yard, and ended in my parlor."
Who is Wilmer McLean?
Wilmer McLean is a businessman who is connected to the U.S. Civil War in an interesting way. It is said that the U.S. Civil War started his his backyard and ended in his front parlor. The first main battle of the US Civil War started on McLean's property in Manansas, Virginia. Robert E. Lee formally surrendered to Ulysses Grant in McLean's house.
In whose backyard did the 1st Battle of the Civil War Begin?
The Battle of Fort Sumter in the US Civil War wreaked little carnage, and it was in the South's backyard, the battle called First Manassas was in the Yankee's backyard outside of their Capital and can also be called a begining. It was a carnage.
Who owned the farmhouse where the two commanders of the Civil War met to end the war?
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia was signed in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home at Appomattox Court House. It was a great irony for Wilmer McCleans other home in Manassas Viriginia was where Beauregard made his headquarters for the First Battle of Bull Run. It is said by many Civil War historians that the War of Rebellion began on Will McClean's porch and ended in his parlor.
When did the civil began?
It began in 1861 and ended in 1865.
What was the Year did the Civil War began?
It began in 1861
When did the Russian civil war began?
It began in 1918.
The Civil War in the US began in what year?
The American Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865.
