When a union officer sent on a scouting (read: spying) mission can't break back through enemy lines, he shelters for a few days at a Southern plantation. Later, his hostess, Kathlyn Williams becomes a nurse for the Confederate army. She takes some time off to search for her brother and finds him dying on the battlefield, being comforted by injured spy.
With the Civil War half a century past, there were a lot of films produced on the subject, and this is one of them. There were two rules. One was that they were told from the Southern viewpoint, since otherwise they would not be shown in Southern theaters. The other was that you had to be respectful of Lincoln, otherwise it wouldn't be shown in Northern theaters. This one is typical for the era, obviously shot way down south, and the Black roles were a mixture of blackfaced White actors and some Black ones. The scene of the battle's aftermath is quite affecting.
Miss Williams is currently the only individual identified in this Selig production.
With the Civil War half a century past, there were a lot of films produced on the subject, and this is one of them. There were two rules. One was that they were told from the Southern viewpoint, since otherwise they would not be shown in Southern theaters. The other was that you had to be respectful of Lincoln, otherwise it wouldn't be shown in Northern theaters. This one is typical for the era, obviously shot way down south, and the Black roles were a mixture of blackfaced White actors and some Black ones. The scene of the battle's aftermath is quite affecting.
Miss Williams is currently the only individual identified in this Selig production.