10/26/08 He’d rather die a thousand deaths

Those were the words of General Robert E. Lee when he determined he needed to meet with Grant to discuss surrender terms. We visited the surrender site where Lee and Grant met in the McLean home. McLean moved here just after the first major battle of the Civil War occurred in his town of Manassas. He wanted to be somewhere out of harms way during the Civil War. Who knew his new home would eventually be used to effectively end the Civil War.