Wilmer McLean was there when the Civil War began, he moved away to get some peace from the war. But the war found him in the end.

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CitationsWilmer McLean – An Uncanny Coincidence  https://mb-henry.com/2018/03/15/wilmer-mclean-an-uncanny-coincidence/

   The Strange Case of Wilmer McLeanhttps://www.wvtf.org/civil-war-series/2019-09-18/the-strange-case-of-wilmer-mcleanThe peculiar story of Wilmer McLeanhttps://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/11/10/the-peculiar-story-of-wilmer-mclean/Senators Witness the First Battle of Bull Runhttps://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Witness_Bull_Run.htm#:~:text=The%20first%20land%20battle%20of,stream%20running%20through%20the%20battlefield.10 Notable Coincidences of the American CivilWarhttps://listverse.com/2010/03/05/10-notable-coincidences-of-the-american-civil-war/        Theodrick “Tod” Carter  https://www.tnvacation.com/civil-war/person/2123/theodrick-tod-carter/

        The Mexican-American war in a nutshellhttps://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-mexican-american-war-in-a-nutshell     Chasing the Myth of Confederate Goldhttps://www.history.com/articles/confederate-gold-jefferson-davis        Wikipedia: Wilmer McLean, Gods and Generals film,Bull Run

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