Wilmer McLean,
The Civil War And The Silent Witness
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SILENT WITNESS DOLL. NPS. DEPT OF INTERIOR WFG
WILMER MCLEAN. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilmer_McLean_ca_1860.jpg
MCLEAN HOUSE MANASSAS. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_House,_Manassas.jpg
BULL RUN MET. CC0 1.0 UPDD H B DICK FUND 1933. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_Run_MET_DP70672.jpg
FIRST BULL RUN. CCA SA 4.0 I HLJ. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Bull_Run_(Manassas)_Campaign.png
GEN P G T BEAUREGARD PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._Pierre_Gustave_Toutant_de_Beauregard,_C.S.A_-_NARA_-_528596.jpg
BEAUREGARDS HEADQUARTERS. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beauregard%27s_headquarters_in_Manassas.jpg
BEAUREGARDS HEAADQUARTERS AT FIRST BULL RUN. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Beauregard%27s_headquarters_at_first_battle_of_Bull_Run_LCCN96509138.jpg
BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_Run_Battlefield_area(%3F)_LCCN2012647812.jpg
MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD. CCA SA 4.0 I JOHN. PACKARD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manassas-Va_-Manassas_BattleField.jpg
HENRY HOUSE BULL RUN. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_House,_Bull_Run.jpg
BULL RUN 1 ST. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_Run_1st.GIF
HENRY HOUSE HENRY HILL MONUMENT. CCA 2.0 G TOM MILLS. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_House_and_Henry_Hill_Monument_(50325341412).jpg
JUDITH HENRY FARMHOUSE. CCA SA 3.0 U. BILLY HATHORN. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_Henry_farmhouse,_Manassas,_VA_IMG_4319.JPG
HENRY HOUSE BULL RUN. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HenryHouseBullRun1861.jpg
RUINS OF HENRY HOUSE. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruins_of_Henry_House,_first_battle_of_Bull_Run_-_NARA_-_525780.jpg
JUDITH HENRY GRAVE CCA SA 3.0 U BILLY HATHORN. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_Henry_grave,_Mansasas,_VA_IMG_4318.JPG
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_Court_House_by_Timothy_O%27Sullivan.jpg
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_Court_House,_Va_LCCN2002717213.jpg
ROBERT E LEE 1863. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_E_Lee_in_1863.png
GENERAL LEE’S FAREWELL. IABI PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Robert_Edward_Lee%27s_farewell_to_his_soldiers.jpg
ULYSSES S GRANT 1861. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ulysses_S_Grant_as_Brigadier_General,_1861.jpg
THE SURRENDER BY ROCCO. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Surrender_by_Rocco.jpg
LEE SURRENDERS AT APPOMATTOX. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Surrenders_to_Grant_at_Appomattox.jpg
MCLEAN HOUSE PARLOR CCA SA 3.0 U ROLFMUELLER. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mcleanhouse_parlor_2008_08_21.jpg
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MCLEAN HOUSE PARLOR. CCA SA 3.0 U SOMETHING ORIGINAL. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_House_Parlor.jpg
EDWARD ORD PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Ord_-_Brady-Handy.jpg
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MCLEAN HOUSE 1865. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_house_1865_April.jpg
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LINCOLN FAMILY. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Lincoln_Family,_Currier_%26_Ives.jpg
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MCLEAN MARKER, CVS PARKING LOT. Unattributed. HMdb.org. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=657
GENERAL BEAUREGARDS HEADQUARTERS BULL RUN LOC. PD. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.07270/loclr=blogpic
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPY & READING SUGGESTIONS
“Wilmer McLean”. National Park Service. ACCESSED 26 Dec 2023. https://www.nps.gov/people/wilmer-mclean.htm
“The McLean House – Site of the Surrender”. National Park Service. ACCESSED 26 Dec 2023 https://www.nps.gov/apco/mclean-house.htm
“McLean House”. National Park Service. ACCESSED 26 Dec 2023 https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/education/mclean-house.htm#:~:text=Site%20of%20the%20Surrender%20of,General%20Robert%20E.%20Lee%2C%20C.S.A.
Fraga, Kaleena “How The Civil War Started And Ended On Virginia Grocer Wilmer McLean’s Property”. All That’s Interetsing. Updated 5 May 2023. Accessed 24 Nov 2024. https://allthatsinteresting.com/wilmer-mclean
Finefield, Kristi. “A Tale of Two Houses and the U.S. Civil War”. Library of Congress Blogs. April 9, 2015. Accessed 24 Nov 2023. https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2015/04/a-tale-of-two-houses-and-the-u-s-civil-war/
Williams, Joe and Ryan Henry. “Lula McLean’s Rag Doll”. National Park Service Accessed 24 Nov 2023. https://www.nps.gov/apco/kids-rag-doll.htm
“Silent Witness to the Surrender”. National Park Service. Accessed 25 Feb 2024. https://www.nps.gov/apco/silent-witness.htm#:~:text=Colonel%20Horace%20Porter%20of%20General,President%20of%20the%20United%20States.
Crotty, Rob. “The peculiar story of Wilmer McLean”. National Archives. Pieces of History 10 Nov 2010 Accessed 3 March 2024.
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/11/10/the-peculiar-story-of-wilmer-mclean/
“The First Battle of Manassas” National Park Service History. Accessed 3 March 2024.http://npshistory.com/publications/civil_war_series/17/sec4.htm
“Wilmer McLean After the Civil War”. The Historical Marker Database. Accessed 28 Feb 2024. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=40074
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