Overview
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.
Cast
- Shirley Temple as Virgie Cary
- John Boles as Captain Cary
- Jack Holt as Colonel Morrison
- Karen Morley as Mrs. Cary
- Bill Robinson as Uncle Billy
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Sergeant Dudley
- Willie Best as James Henry
- Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln
- Bessie Lyle as Mammy
- Hannah Washington as Sally Ann