Part of an early 18th century plantation established on Bull Run by Col. Richard Blackburn
formerly of Yorkshire, England. The land was acquired by Wilmer McLean in 1854. The battle
which opened 1st Manassas raged across this farm July 18,
1861, with the house and barn used as
a headquarters and hospital by Confederate troops. Following 1st Manassas, in an attempt to
escape the forefront of the war, McLean moved his family to the tiny village of Appomattox
Court House. There, four years later, the War would come full circle to end in McLean's parlor
with Lee's surrender to Grant, April 9, 1865.
Erected 1988