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- Frank Calvert and Marion Harlon are lovers. Calvert's decision to stand by the Union results in him losing his sweetheart. Three years later Marion saves the life of Lieut. Peyton, a wounded Confederate officer and falls in love with him. Later, Peyton Chased by Union troops, takes refuge in the Harlan home. He is hidden in the cellar. A brutal sergeant threatens to shoot the girl unless she betrays the hiding place of her lover. Old Mrs. Harlan springs in front of her daughter and the sergeant is about to fire on both women when Calvert, now a Union captain, enters and saves the women. Peyton escapes. After the war the two lovers, each having lost an arm, meet, and Calvert learns that his old sweetheart has accepted the Confederate lieutenant. The two soldiers clasp hands and Calvert withdraws.
- Jesse James, a member of Quantrill's Partisan Rangers during the Civil War, meets Zerelda Mimms, a northern girl marooned on her uncle's southern plantation, and is saved from capture as a spy. After the war, Jesse is warned by his friend Parson Bill that his mother has been maimed by fanatic Union sympathizers and is threatened by Frederick Mimms with expulsion from the town. Jesse is about to wreak vengeance on Mimms when his daughter's screams bring help; he flees in a spectacular manner and becomes notorious as an outlaw bandit. Citzens attempt to trap him into surrender with the aid of Bob Ford, who betrays him for love of Zerelda, but Jesse escapes with Zerelda on his horse, Silver King, and forces Parson Bill to marry them in a stagecoach.
- A romantic rivalry between a Union soldier and a Confederate is is ended when the northerner survives the Battle of Winchester. General Sheridan's ride is re-enacted
- The Confederate Camp at night - The Union Spy enters within the enemy's lines - He overhears the secret consultation in the General's tent - Cutting his way through the canvas he steals the plans and depatches (dispatches) while the General Sleeps - The Alarm - Escape of the spy - Chase and capture - Drumbeat Court martial - Sentenced to death, the spy sends a letter to his wife - She appeals to the the commanding General for mercy. He refuses her plea but allows her to see her husband for a last farewell - In the General's house the devoted wife changes clothes with the spy and he escapes - She is led out to be shot - Dramatic finale and rescue by Union Soldiers.
- Young Southerners Buck Hineman and Remington Osbury both are in love with the same woman, who promises to marry the one who returns when the Civil War breaks out. On the battlefield, Remington is wounded and left for dead, and Buck returns to marry her. Shortly afterward, Remington returns and contents himself with becoming one of the Hineman family. Years pass and Buck's daughter Luzelle finds herself wooed by two young men, Philip Burwood and Boyd Savely, whose families have been enemies for years. Luzelle's rejected suitor, Boyd, robs the Hineman bank, opens the strongbox containing Mrs. Hineman's papers and tampers with a letter written to her years before congratulating her on the birth of her daughter. The letter, sent to General Buck Hineman on the occasion of his daughter's marriage to Philip, gives the impression by the obliteration of a word that Remington is Luzelle's father. The wedding is halted and a duel between the two old men arranged. Each shoots in the air and realizes that neither wants to kill the other. Soon after, the robbery is discovered and the two old friends are reconciled.
- Caveman Long Biceps courts cavewoman Lithesome using the direct method, force, while Lithesome's father, Hard Muscle, opposes the brutish union. Centuries later, during the American Civil War, Prudence Alden leaves her Boston home to tend to her wounded brother in the South and falls in love with Frank Warren, a Rebel whose father, Colonel Warren, places considerable obstacles in the lovers' path. Just as Long Biceps overcomes Hard Muscle and wins Lithesome, so Frank defeats the colonel and gains Prudence. In 1915, Marian Gordon aspires to a career as a novelist, but when she is told by a hard-nosed publisher, John Rogers, to get out and learn about life, she takes a job as a maid in his household. While studying life, she has a romance with John's reckless son Jack and wins not only his heart, but the father's as well. A bestselling novel follows.
- Shows the (United States Army) military maneuvers at Manassas, Va., during September 1904, on the battlefields of Bull Run and Stone River, also pictures of General Grant, Corbin, Bell and Chaffee. The troops march from camp to the field of action, and are reviewed by the commanding generals. After the review the scene changes and shows a line of heavy artillery drawn up. The enemy charge but are repulsed. In this scene excellent smoke effects are shown. The next scene shows an infantry charge and some sharpshooters picking off the officers of the enemy. One of the most exciting and realistic battle pictures ever secured.
- A romance produced at the Gettysburg Reunion in which every important event of the most memorable celebration of "The Boys in Blue" and "The Sons in Gray" will be interwoven.
- At the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland telegraph, Indians, who fear the wires, kill some of the linesmen. In response, Major Hammond, who oversees the troops, requests that President Abraham Lincoln send twenty thousand more soldiers to come to his aid. Lincoln grants Hammond's request, and sends along Capt. Allen, who is knowledgeable about Indians. At his new post, Allen discovers that a Confederate spy has been fomenting trouble with the Indians. Allen eventually uncovers the spy, makes peace with the Indians and wins the love of Dorothy, a young woman who lives at the post.
- Aubrey Littleneck (Snub Pollard) and Cyril Horntooter (James Parrott) are friendly neighbors with warring fathers during the civil war. The fathers, who are in support for opposite sides in the war, exchange unpleasantries over the fence which separates their homes whilst their sons embrace warmly. The two young men skip off down the street holding hands before signing up for opposite sides - Cyril to the North; Aubrey to the South. In a field, cannons roar, grenades are thrown and a game of cards is interrupted, whilst back home the feuding fathers continue their battle over their garden fence. Cyril's sister (Blanche Mehaffey), who is in love with Aubrey, meets her brother in the field but they are captured by three soldiers (Martin Wolfkeil, Sammy Brooks and I think Jack O'Brien?) and taken to their leader (Jack "not a real beard" Gavin). Aubrey, on the other hand ascends a steep hill armed with gunpowder and sneaks up on the enemy at the top, but after lighting the fuse the barrel rolls back down the hill. Officer George Rowe helps his commanding officer Billy Engle by carrying his chair over for him despite being the target of cannon fire. At the fort, Aubrey, Cyril and his sister are reunited and attempt to flee but are apprehended by the commanding officer. Aubrey is put in front of the firing squad but he is saved by his sweetheart's framed picture inside his jacket which takes the brunt of one of the bullets. He is spared a second shooting when news reaches the fort that the war is over. Well, not for everyone it would seem. - four years later and the two fathers are still fighting over their garden fence.
- A thrilling story of the friendship of two brave men throughout the trying days of the Civil War. Through battle's strife, the toil of march and the ceaseless activities of the camp, they shared their meal and woe and drank from the same canteen.
- Two comrades go into service under Grant, the one is wounded in battle but is rescued by the other. Afterwards the one falls asleep on duty and he is sentenced to be shot. His comrade goes to Grant and pleads for his friend's life which he is granted.
- An Eastern gentleman (Pete Morrison) is transformed into a wild hard-fighting Western cowboy.
- In 1865, Morgan Gray, a Confederate renegade, kills the mother, father and sweetheart of Amity Graham and later marries her. Before dying in childbirth, Amity puts a curse on Gray and all his descendants. Fifty-two years later, the family curse is visited on Morgan Gray's hard-drinking, but likable grandson Abel, who, on the day of his marriage to Northern girl Hope Halliday, mistakenly concludes that he has killed a man, thanks to the machinations of his malevolent brother Kane. Fleeing to a distant area, Abel fights his tendency toward alcoholism and tries to recover his self-esteem. Eventually he rescues his wife from a gang of villains and learns that he had not committed murder, thus overcoming the family curse.
- A continuation of the adventures of a girl who is a spy for the Confederacy.
- Because a soldier is rewarded for bravery Lincoln's son "Tad" demands and gets a commission Armed with this he enlists the children. He goes through the grounds and finds a sentry whose place he takes - all on the strength of his commission. The soldier flies to the bedside of a sick wife, is arrested and taken to the President who hears his tale. The President and the private go out and find a very tired little boy still faithfully keeping watch.
- Will Dozier joins the Union army against the wishes of his father and his sweetheart. During the fighting he accidentally kills his father, who has become a Confederate officer. After the war he returns home , and is reunited with his sweetheart through the efforts of a faithful ex-slave.
- SHERIDAN'S PRIDE An amusing take-off on "Sheridan's Ride" so famous in war history. The way to Winchester is rough and rocky and a one-lunged auto (that he is riding in) gives out and leaves the doughty general in the mud. (He calls for reinforcements and) an elephant pulls the contraption out and the warrior again forges to the front only to meet with more laughable mishaps.
- Proud Confederate Captain Covington Halliday refuses to allow his daughter Martha to marry Northern lawyer Walter Lewis. As a boy, Covington was given an African American servant named Dan, who has always called him "Marse Covington." After the Civil War, Dan refused his freedom and stood by Covington, sharing his misfortunes. Jim Daly, who holds the mortgage on Halliday House, also wants to marry Martha, so he schemes with gambler Edward Bantree to fix a race in which Covington has wagered all his property on his beloved horse, Bess. Although Bess loses, Martha refuses to marry Jim to reclaim her family home. She moves to New York City with her father and Dan, but their savings are soon exhausted and Covington is forced to stand in bread lines. After Dan goes to work for Edward, he learns about the plot to fix the race. He tells Walter, who is later hired to defend Edward for Jim's murder. In lieu of cash, Walter demands the Halliday House deed as payment. Covington returns to his home with Dan, and gives Walter his blessing to marry Martha.
- Richard Haley runs away from home because he cannot stand the mistreatment of slaves. When he grows up he joins the Union army. He is sent on a mission near his old home. His mother, who just learned of her death, sees him and kills him, never learning that she has killed her own son.
- Little Paul is fond with playing with lead soldiers. He sits upon grandma's knee and places his toys on the table. Grandpa, a veteran of the Civil War, tells him of battles lost and won. The little soldiers come to life. The commander walks walks to the edge of the table and salutes grandpa. The soldiers grow to life size, the walls disappear....At the conclusion of the vivid picturing of grandpa's tale the figures grow smaller and smaller until the little lead soldiers stand once more upon the table and grandpa and grandma who have lived their romance, kiss, and then waken little Paul from his sleep.
- The fellow townsmen of Russell H. Conwell, an infantry captain of the Union Army during the Civil War, present him with a handsome sword, which becomes an object of special care to Johnny Ring, an earnest, Christian youth who is the captain's orderly. In camp, Conwell, an atheist, refuses to allow the boy to read the Bible; nevertheless, Johnny prays for the captain's conversion. During a surprise attack, Johnny, saving the sword, is wounded and dies. Conwell is promoted to colonel, and later he is wounded and left for dead in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. In the pain and agony of recovery, he vows that if God spares his life he will accomplish the work of two men--for Johnny Ring, and for himself. (The story is said to be based on the true experiences of a Philadelphia minister.)
- A dramatic story in which Civil War battles around Chattanooga are re-created.
- Sergeant Hale, being denied the privilege of going to the bedside of his dying wife, deserts after a strenuous battle has been fought. He hides in the chimney of his home while a search is being made for him. When he comes down his wife is dead. Twenty years later he returns, to find his daughter grown up and ready to marry. No one knows him but the old negro mammy, whom he swears to secrecy. At the last he dies in a coughing fit.
- In order to convince a doubtful Kentucky legislature that it should remain loyal to the North and oppose secession, Mr. James tells the Kentucky assembly how Lincoln's grandfather father shed his blood to secure safety and statehood for Kentucky.