He owned the land on which the Battle of Bull Run was fought. And he also owned the house at Appomattox Court House where Grant took Lee's surrender - the first and last battlegrounds.
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.
the first battle of the civil war was the Battle of Fort Sumter.
Antitam was the first major battle in the Civil War.
Fort Sumter then First Battle of Bull RunThere are varying opinions on what qualifies as the first battle of the Civil War. Fort Sumter was the first conflict and it led to the Civil War. But the First Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
First Battle of Bull RunThe 1st Bull Run was in fact the first battle of the Civil War. The Attack on Fort Sumter only "led" to the Civil War.
First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) : the first major battle of the American Civil War .
Wilmer Mclean was a farmer during the Civil War. His farm was the scene of the Battle of Bull Run, one of the first actions in the war. To protect his family from danger, Mclean moved his family to Appomatax, VA. When the war was ending, Mclean's parlor in the Village of Appomatax Courthouse, VA was used for the signing. Thus, the war began and ended on Mclean's property.
The first major battle of the American Civil War was the First Battle of Bull Run or the First Battle of Manasas (they are the same battle but with a different name)
It was the first time actual gunfire was exchanged. As such, it was the first battle of the Civil War.
The first major battle of the Civil War was the Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County in Virginia.
General Lee surrenders to General Grant, pretty well ending combat in the US Civil War. The McLean family had moved to Appomattox to get away from the fighting. The first land battle of the war was fought on their farm in Manassas VA.
It was the first major battle on the civil war. The Fort Sumter lead to the civil war.