Nationaal historisch park Appomattox Court House

The initial engagement on July 21, 1861 of what would become the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) took place on McLean's farm in Manassas, Virginia. Union Army artillery fired at McLean's house, which was being used as a headquarters for Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard, and a cannonball dropped through the kitchen fireplace. McLean was a retired major in the Virginia militia, but at 47, he was too old to return to active duty at the outbreak of the Civil War. In the spring of 1863, he and his family moved about 120 miles south to Appomattox County, Virginia, near a dusty, crossroads community called Appomattox Court House. On April 9, 1865, the war revisited McLean. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was about to surrender to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. He sent a messenger to Appomattox Court House to find a place to meet. On April 8, 1865, the messenger knocked on McLean's door and requested the use of his home, to which McLean reluctantly agreed. Lee surrendered to Grant in the parlor of McLean's house, effectively ending the Civil War. Later, McLean is supposed to have said "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."
The initial engagement on July 21, 1861 of what would become the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) took place on McLean's farm in Manassas, Virginia. Union Army artillery fired at McLean's house, which was being used as a headquarters for Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard, and a cannonball dropped through the kitchen fireplace. McLean was a retired major in the Virginia militia, but at 47, he was too old to return to active duty at the outbreak of the Civil War. In the spring of 1863, he and his family moved about 120 miles south to Appomattox County, Virginia, near a dusty, crossroads community called Appomattox Court House. On April 9, 1865, the war revisited McLean. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was about to surrender to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. He sent a messenger to Appomattox Court House to find a place to meet. On April 8, 1865, the messenger knocked on McLean's door and requested the use of his home, to which McLean reluctantly agreed. Lee surrendered to Grant in the parlor of McLean's house, effectively ending the Civil War. Later, McLean is supposed to have said "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."

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McLean House

Tijdens je vakantie in Appomattox kun je de tentoonstellingen in McLean House, een museum met een uniek verhaal, bestuderen. Ontdek de livemuziek en de monumenten in de omgeving.

McLean House

Begraafplaats aan gerechtshof van Appomattox

Leer over de geschiedenis van Appomattox met een dagje in Begraafplaats aan gerechtshof van Appomattox. Ontdek de livemuziek en de monumenten in de omgeving.

Begraafplaats aan gerechtshof van Appomattox

The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox

Tijdens je vakantie in Appomattox kun je de tentoonstellingen in The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox, een museum met een opvallend verleden, bekijken. Ontdek de musea en de monumenten in de omgeving.

The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox

Carver Price Legacy Museum

Tijdens je vakantie in Appomattox kun je een keer de galerijen in Carver Price Legacy Museum bewonderen. Bewonder de musea in deze gezinsvriendelijke omgeving.

Carver Price Legacy Museum

Art Gallery of New Geneva

In Appomattox kun je 's middags de tentoonstellingen in Art Gallery of New Geneva bestuderen. Bewonder de musea in deze gezinsvriendelijke omgeving.

Art Gallery of New Geneva

Appomattox County Museum

Tijdens je vakantie in Appomattox kun je een keer de galerijen in Appomattox County Museum bekijken. Bewonder de musea in deze gezinsvriendelijke omgeving.

Appomattox County Museum

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