- We cut to the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, as General Robert E. Lee surrenders the forces of the Confederacy to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union.
- The caption describes this as "the end of state sovereignty" Or the end of the mass enslavement of people—tomato, tohmato, as far as this film's concerned.
- On this same day, Ben is discharged from the hospital and returns to Piedmont. He shares a long, lingering goodbye with Elsie.
- The Camerons prepare a (relative) feast for their returning son. The youngest daughter adorns her shabby dress with raw cotton to spruce it up.
- Ben looks around Piedmont with awe as he approaches his family's front door. His youngest sister greets him and they warmly hug.