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Thread #55326   Message #863243
Posted By: JedMarum
09-Jan-03 - 11:06 PM
Thread Name: Review: Unique Civil War Biography
Subject: RE: Review: Unique Civil War Biography
Wilmer McLean moved away after the first battle of the war destroyed his home - he setteled where the war would never reach, and they wound up using the living room of his new (safe) house for the surrender ceremony...

a bit of irony, eh?