During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leaves, Confederate troops forage on his property, where a soldier encounters one of his daughters. The father himself is wounded on a hazardous mission and must run for his life, pursued by Confederate soldiers.
D.W. Griffith
Director
Charles West
Young father
Charles Arling
Owen Moore
Gladys Egan
Dell Henderson
Union Officer
Mack Sennett
Union Soldier
Henry B. Walthall
Confederate Corporal
Dorothy West
Union Maiden at Farewell
William J. Butler
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Verner Clarges
Union Officer (uncredited)
Edward Dillon
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
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