References in Popular Culture
- James Thurber, himself the grandson of a Union veteran, wrote a humorous short story, "If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox," which was collected in the anthology, The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze, and again later in The Thurber Carnival.
- In the 1960s television series F Troop, it was this battle at which Private Wilton Parmenter accidentally led a cavalry charge in the wrong direction - towards the enemy. On his way to pick up his commanding officer's laundry, Parmenter sneezed and a small squadron of Union cavalry mistook his sneeze for the sounding of a charge and they followed him. For his actions, he was decorated for bravery, promoted to Captain, and given command of Fort Courage.
- Appomattox is briefly mentioned in the song "Wreck of the Sultana" by singer-songwriter Cory Branan. The song depicts the events of the SS Sultana soon after the Civil War had concluded.
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