Conflict: Civil War
Wilmer McLean was the center of one of the strangest coincidences of the Civil War. In July 1861, the 47-year-old merchant and farmer lent out his house in Manassas, Virginia, to be the headquarters of Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Conflict: Civil War
On 24 April 1865, 15 days after the event actually occurred, the London Times announced General Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant. The Times reported, “The great war on which the eyes of the world … Continue reading
Conflict: Revolutionary War
On October 17, 1781, a drummer left the British defensive works at Yorktown, Virginia. An officer followed, waving a white handkerchief, and was soon blindfolded and brought behind the lines of the Continental Army and their French allies to discuss … Continue reading