The Civil War

The bloodiest four years of America, the Civil War, broke out in 1861 with the First Battle of Bull Run which started from a 46-year-old grocer Wilmer McLean’s farm in Manassas, Virginia. Scared for his life, McLean left Manassas and moved to Appomattox with his wife and children. He felt safe in his new home even when the whole nation was upside-down. But the safety was short-lived because the war came to a closure in 1865 at the Appomattox courthouse which was just steps away from McLean’s house. The war started and ended in front of McLean’s house.