The battle started in Wilmer McLean’s farm field in Manassas VA. A cannon ball flew into his house and landed in the kitchen…exploding in his stew pot!

“There stands Jackson like a stonewall”

"I can't spare this man; he fights." Abraham Lincoln "A Very Bloody Affair"

Bloodiest Day in American History

George McClellan Robert E. Lee "If General McClellan does not want to use the army, I would like to borrow it for a time." Abraham Lincoln

Gen. Ambrose Burnsides

Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee

The war began in my front yard and ended in my parlor".

[ Wilmer McLean April 9 th 1865