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April 1865

2003
1h 40m
Documentary/War
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Cast

Bob Bosler (Jefferson Davis)Allen Brenner (Gen A. P. Hill)Bill Ciampa (Abraham Lincoln)Benny Gibson (General Lee's aid)Rob Gibson (John Wilkes Booth)Shaun C. Grenan (Lewis Powell (alias Paine))Jeremiah Hornbaker (Core Soldier)Eric U. Lowman (Confederate Colorbearer)John Neely (Confederate Soldier)Al Stone (Robert E. Lee)Hillary Styer (Civilian Women)Scott Zeiss (Union & Confederate Soldiers)

Synopsis

APRIL 1865 examines the extraordinary series of events that changed the course of history in 30 brief days. In that one month, Petersburg fell, Richmond fell and burned, General Lee retreated to Appomattox, the Confederate States Armies surrendered one after another, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the famous actor John Wilkes Booth was hunted down. This docu-drama follows the events and how they affected the entire nation even to this day.

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