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Sunset at Appomattox

A dramatization of the meeting of General Lee and General Grant at Appomattox based on detailed accounts of fourteen eye-witnesses to the surrender. The surrender of Robert E. Lee's army to the Union Army headed by U.S. Grant in 1865 ends the four years of war between the Union and the Confederacy.

English
  • Originally Aired October 20, 1953
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network ABC (US)
  • Created November 9, 2006 by
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Name Type Role
Robert Stevenson Writer
Robert Stevenson Director