Wilbur McLean
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Wilbur McLean was a man who lived in Virginia during the American Civil War. He is notable for a story recounted in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary. According to the documentary, McLean was living at Manassas when the Civil War broke out, at the Battle of Bull Run. During the battle, a shot went through the window of McLean's kitchen and destroyed it. He decided that enough was enough, and he was getting out of the war. He moved to a small town called Appomatox Courthouse. Four years later, Lee was about to surrender to Grant, and needed a place to do so. He sent a messenger into the nearby town, Appomatox Courthouse, to find a place to meet. The messenger knocked on a man's door, asking to meet with Grant in his house the next day. That man was Wilbur McLean, and he often boasted as a result "The Civil War began in my backyard and ended in my front parlor."
