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SILENT WITNESS DOLL. NPS. DEPT OF INTERIOR  WFG

https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/education/silent-witnesses-surrender-souvenirs-from-the-mclean-house.htm

WILMER MCLEAN. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilmer_McLean_ca_1860.jpg

MCLEAN HOUSE MANASSAS. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_House,_Manassas.jpg

BULL RUN MET. CC0 1.0 UPDD H B DICK FUND 1933. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_Run_MET_DP70672.jpg

FIRST BULL RUN.  CCA SA 4.0 I HLJ. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Bull_Run_(Manassas)_Campaign.png

GEN P G T BEAUREGARD  PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._Pierre_Gustave_Toutant_de_Beauregard,_C.S.A_-_NARA_-_528596.jpg

BEAUREGARDS HEADQUARTERS.  PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beauregard%27s_headquarters_in_Manassas.jpg

BEAUREGARDS HEAADQUARTERS AT FIRST BULL RUN. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Beauregard%27s_headquarters_at_first_battle_of_Bull_Run_LCCN96509138.jpg

BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_Run_Battlefield_area(%3F)_LCCN2012647812.jpg

MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD. CCA SA 4.0 I JOHN. PACKARD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manassas-Va_-Manassas_BattleField.jpg

HENRY HOUSE BULL RUN. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_House,_Bull_Run.jpg

BULL RUN 1 ST. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_Run_1st.GIF

HENRY HOUSE HENRY HILL MONUMENT. CCA 2.0 G TOM MILLS. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_House_and_Henry_Hill_Monument_(50325341412).jpg

JUDITH HENRY FARMHOUSE. CCA SA 3.0 U. BILLY HATHORN. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_Henry_farmhouse,_Manassas,_VA_IMG_4319.JPG

HENRY HOUSE BULL RUN. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HenryHouseBullRun1861.jpg

RUINS OF HENRY HOUSE. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruins_of_Henry_House,_first_battle_of_Bull_Run_-_NARA_-_525780.jpg

JUDITH HENRY GRAVE CCA SA 3.0 U BILLY HATHORN. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_Henry_grave,_Mansasas,_VA_IMG_4318.JPG

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_Court_House_by_Timothy_O%27Sullivan.jpg

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_Court_House,_Va_LCCN2002717213.jpg

ROBERT E LEE 1863. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_E_Lee_in_1863.png

GENERAL LEE’S FAREWELL. IABI PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Robert_Edward_Lee%27s_farewell_to_his_soldiers.jpg

ULYSSES S GRANT 1861. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ulysses_S_Grant_as_Brigadier_General,_1861.jpg

THE SURRENDER BY ROCCO. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Surrender_by_Rocco.jpg

LEE SURRENDERS AT APPOMATTOX. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Surrenders_to_Grant_at_Appomattox.jpg

MCLEAN HOUSE PARLOR CCA SA 3.0 U ROLFMUELLER. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mcleanhouse_parlor_2008_08_21.jpg

GEN LEE SURRENDERS AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Robert_E._Lee_surrenders_at_Appomattox_Court_House_1865.jpg

MCLEAN HOUSE PARLOR. CCA SA 3.0 U SOMETHING ORIGINAL. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_House_Parlor.jpg

EDWARD ORD PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Ord_-_Brady-Handy.jpg

GEN SHERIDAN. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheridanp268crop01.jpg

MCLEAN HOUSE 1865. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_house_1865_April.jpg 

APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_courthouse.jpg

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE APRIL 1865. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_Courthouse,_Va._April_1865_LCCN2012649018.jpg

LINCOLN FAMILY. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Lincoln_Family,_Currier_%26_Ives.jpg

MCLEAN HOUSE AT APPOMATTOX. CCA SA 3.0 U BILLY HATHORN. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_House_at_Appomattox,_VA_IMG_4136.JPG

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE HISTORICAL PARK  CCA SA 3.0 U DOUG COLDWELL. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_Court_House_Historical_Park.jpg

MCLEAN HOUSE MARKER CCA SA 3.0 U DOUG COLDWELL. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McLean_House_marker.jpg

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, VIRGINIA LOC. PD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appomattox_Court_House_National_Historical_Park,_Virginia_LOC_98686795.jpg

MCLEAN MARKER, CVS PARKING LOT. Unattributed. HMdb.org. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=657

GENERAL BEAUREGARDS HEADQUARTERS BULL RUN LOC. PD. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.07270/loclr=blogpic 

BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD. PD. LOC. https:www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018666113/

TROOPS AT APPOMATTOX  NARA. PD. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18473039

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE LOC PD  https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018670544/

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE MCLEAN HOUSE  LOC. PD.  https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018670545/

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPY & READING SUGGESTIONS

“Wilmer McLean”. National Park Service.  ACCESSED 26 Dec 2023. https://www.nps.gov/people/wilmer-mclean.htm

“The McLean House – Site of the Surrender”.  National Park Service.  ACCESSED 26 Dec 2023  https://www.nps.gov/apco/mclean-house.htm

“McLean House”. National Park Service.  ACCESSED 26 Dec 2023   https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/education/mclean-house.htm#:~:text=Site%20of%20the%20Surrender%20of,General%20Robert%20E.%20Lee%2C%20C.S.A.

Fraga, Kaleena  “How The Civil War Started And Ended On Virginia Grocer Wilmer McLean’s Property”. All That’s Interetsing. Updated 5 May 2023. Accessed 24 Nov 2024. https://allthatsinteresting.com/wilmer-mclean

Finefield, Kristi. “A Tale of Two Houses and the U.S. Civil War”. Library of Congress Blogs. April 9, 2015. Accessed 24 Nov 2023.  https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2015/04/a-tale-of-two-houses-and-the-u-s-civil-war/

Williams, Joe and Ryan Henry. “Lula McLean’s Rag Doll”.  National Park Service  Accessed 24 Nov 2023. https://www.nps.gov/apco/kids-rag-doll.htm

“Silent Witness to the Surrender”. National Park Service. Accessed 25 Feb 2024. https://www.nps.gov/apco/silent-witness.htm#:~:text=Colonel%20Horace%20Porter%20of%20General,President%20of%20the%20United%20States.

Crotty, Rob. “The peculiar story of Wilmer McLean”. National Archives. Pieces of History  10 Nov 2010  Accessed 3 March 2024.

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/11/10/the-peculiar-story-of-wilmer-mclean/

“The First Battle of Manassas” National Park Service History. Accessed 3 March 2024.http://npshistory.com/publications/civil_war_series/17/sec4.htm

“Wilmer McLean After the Civil War”. The Historical Marker Database. Accessed 28 Feb 2024. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=40074

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