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TIL: of Wilmer McLean. After the battle of bull run happened on his farm in Manassas, he moved his family to Appomattox courthouse. 3 years later, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant there. He purportedly said ""The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."

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