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The CivilWarTalk.com web server will be undergoing server changes tomorrow morning from 9 to noon. It will not be accessible at that time. However, it is possible that these changes could affect our domain name, and if that happens, the site could go down for three to seven days. Unfortunately, I do not know yet if our domain name will be effected by these changes.
New trivia questions will be posted after the server is repaired, hopefully there will be minimal delays.
If the site stays down past 5pm tomorrow, I will send Virtual Regiment emails out to everyone when the server comes back online.
Yesterday's Question: Why was it said of Wilmer McLean that the Civil War began in his front yard and ended in his parlor? Prior to the Civil War, McLean owned a house on the Bull Run in Northern Virginia. In 1861, during action at Manassas, an artillery shell fell down McLean’s chimney and into a stew being prepared for CSA Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard.
Seeking a more tranquil place to live, McLean bought a farmhouse in — of all places — Appomattox County. McLean’s house was chosen for the surrender meeting between Grant and Lee. The two military leaders met in McLean’s parlor, after which Union officers stripped the room for souvenirs. As for Wilmer McLean, the Civil War began in the kitchen — and ended in the parlor of his second home.
Here is Today's Question, Worth One Point:
During the Civil War, more than 800,000 immigrants entered the United States. From which countries did the majority of the immigrants come?
Expect the next trivia question to be posted tomorrow at about
Noon or Later. Please post your answers to this question before that time. Thank you!
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