9/10- Who was Wilmer McLean, and what unfortunate thing happens to him to become a famous Civil War figure? What two battles did he witness and what was important about them?

McLean was a retired major in the Virginia militia but, at age 47 he was too old to return to active duty at the outbreak of the Civil War. He made his living during the war as a sugar broker supplying the Confederate States Army.

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