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The peculiar story of Wilmer McLean
Today Part Two of “Discovering the Civil War” opens at the National Archives in Washington, DC. The exhibit is divided into a few sections, the last of which is entitled “Endings and Beginnings,” a reference to the end of the Civil War and the start of Reconstruction. As to the beginning and the end of [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on November 10, 2010, under - Civil War, Myth or History.
Tags: american history, appomattox, bull run, civil war, discovering the civil war, NARA, national archives, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, strange facts, things you didnt know about civil war, us history, weird but true, weird US history, wilmer mclean
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