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will mclean was a real person. but his name was not will it was wilmer. he wanted the family to move because he never wanted to see another soldier again. maria did not marry michah stevens, she really married philip lee on january 20,1869. mclean's store was a failure because4 of a bad economy at the time. "willie" mclean's real name- john wilmer. it was not until thirty years after the end of the civil war when the real mclean famliy in this conflict was noted by general edward porter alexander ( he is in the story as caption alex), but there is another general in the story that oscie meets; he went by the name of edward porter. how oscies dad, and sarahs death was fictional as was mary ann, mcleans feels about slavery, oscies romance with captain alex, mama wanting daddy will to do something at appomattox court house, so salvage the type of person she thought he was; was all a fictional part in the story to make it seem more dramatic. the rummors were so bad that mama had to postpon the wedding to put the money in a trust. when alex came to visit oscie at the end of the war was not true as well, he did go to that town but he did not visit her. daddy will did give his house in yorkshire to the confederate army.