When the Civil War breaks out, Alan Kendrick, an army officer born in the South, stays in the army to fight for the Union, but his sweetheart Maryland sides with the South. She soon discovers that Alan was captured by Confederates in a battle near her home and is to be executed. Although he is fighting for her enemy, she cannot bring herself to let him be killed and devises a plan to help him escape.
Catherine Calvert
as Maryland Calvert
Crane Wilbur
as Alan Kendrick
Ben Lyon
as Bob Telfair
William Collier Jr.
as Lloyd Calvert
Warner Richmond
as Tom Boone
Bernard Siegel
as Provost-Sgt. Blount
Henry Hallam
as Gen. Kendrick
Felix Krembs
as Col. Fulton Thorpe
Victoria White
as Nanny McNair
Marguerite Sanchez
as Phoebe Yance
Jane Jennings
as Mrs. Claiborne