After The War
After the war, McLean and his family sold their house in 1867, unable to keep up the mortgage payments, and returned to their home in Manassas. They later moved to Alexandria, Virginia. He worked for the Internal Revenue Service from 1873 to 1876.
McLean died in Alexandria and is buried there at St. Paul's Episcopal Cemetery.
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