mclean house

Jeannine37

Where Grant and Lee ended the Civil War. Loved the visuals in the house and the way our guide (Aaron) told us what happened before, on and after this time period.

jakeS55

Kind of disappointed to find out that the house is a reproduction. Only several hundred of the exterior bricks are from the real house. Overall the entire village and area was neat for a history buff like me. Unique items in the museum. I would recommend it if you are a history buff.

JenR333

I had always learned that Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, and only just realized that his surrender took place at the McClean House. We took at tour, and enjoyed hearing about the story of Lee's surrender, right down to the details about the pencil he used to make a revision to Grant's conditions. This site is well worth visiting.

Libraryl8de

A replica of the home where Lee surrendered to Grant, it is located within the preserved and re-created village of Appomattox Courthouse. Well worth the visit.

Svensk11

The actual site where Lee was forced to surrender to Grant. Able to walk through the house and look into the different rooms where history was made. Interesting in that the house had been dismantled, kept and then reassembled in 1946. Park ranger checks for tickets and explains its historical significance.

TexBear44

The entire park was beautiful including the house. Make sure you have time to spend here just walking the grounds and imagining what went on here. Thank goodness the home was rebuilt and the grounds are being maintained. The park ranger at the house said at one time the town kids used the road in front of the property as a drag strip! This is a must stop if you find yourself anywhere near.

734cindyw

It all looked original, to include some of the actual artifacts, it was like going back in time, they have a great little store, and people dressed like that time. it also has a great deal for a lifetime pass, to include all parks.

Skibuddy

The McLean house is a replica of the original house. It was nice but it would have been cool to be in the actual house that Lee and Grant were in, but it was rebuilt exactly like the original so it was still very interesting.

Bill95403

While the house is more of a facsimile of itself today it still represents an emotional close to some four years of death and distruction on American soil. It is being reconstructed to appear as it did 150 years ago. Walk entirely around the house...you will have crossed the paths of some very memorable and historic figures!!

PaulZottoliJr

Here in this simple house is where the nation was reunited at the end of a gruesome barbaric war....what is worth hundreds of thousands of deaths? No rose colored glasses here.

wmcbryde21

Really a serene place. The original home was dismantled to be reconstructed in Washington DC but funds fell through and it laid in pieces for years. Only a few hundred of the bricks are original. However, they kept meticulous records for the planned reconstruction in DC and these were used to reconstruct the home to look exactly the same. A few original pieces of furniture are still there on display. Great piece of history and a must see for any Civil War historian.

kellymc125

To see the room where Lee surrendered, ending the war was somber. There is an atmosphere in the building of solemnity.

346barryw

The McLean House is a three-story home where General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. In summer 1861, Wilmer McLean and his family lived in Manassas, Virginia. His house was on the outskirts of the battlefield, and was used as Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard’s headquarters. After the battle, McLean began selling sugar to the Confederate Army, and moved to Appomattox Court House where he believed he would be able to avoid the fighting and the Union occupation, which impeded his work. A Union officer chose the McLean House for the meeting between Grant and Lee because it was the most impressive residence in the village. After the war, McLean would famously observe that "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."

bagspacked123

A home where the owner left from Northern Virginia with his son and daughters to escape the war, and then the war came into his home with the signing of the surrender of General Lee's army to General Grant (American Civil War). Period furnishings in the rooms.

Monica58860

Never thought I'd get here but I did and I am not sorry. What a great piece of American history. You will need to spend at least a couple of hours here. Do have a park ranger give your the tour. Can't miss the most important part of this house and that would be the parlor. They did an excellent job of refurnishing it with period pieces since most of Mr McLeans furniture was taken as remebrances of the great event. Don't miss the museum and movie in the "court House".