Synopsis
The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow. But the brother weakens and fails to be true to his trust. He permits her to believe that her lover is dead. Caught in the neighborhood, however, between the lines of the enemy, the brother appears before them at the crucial moment. In retaliation the false brother turns informer. Both forces are aroused to arms and during the attack upon the girl defending her wounded lover and family alone in the negro's cabin retribution comes in the form of a stray bullet.
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Cast
- Walter MillerThe Confederate Captain
- Mary PickfordThe Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
- Henry B. WalthallThe False Brother
- Kate BruceThe Mother
- Dorothy GishThe Southern Girl
- Robert HarronThe Southern Boy
- Harry CareyThe Confederate Corporal
- W. Chrystie MillerUnion Soldier
- Joseph GraybillUnion Soldier
- Lillian GishWalk on role
