Lockwood, the old, one-armed flagman at Lone Point, tells Helen and a young soldier of his experiences during the Civil War, and how he lost his arm. The Civil War flashback sequences consist of archive footage from Kalem's Railroad Raiders of '62 (1911), rather than newly filmed footage.
Helen Holmes
as Helen
Leo D. Maloney
as Harcourt - a young soldier
J.P. McGowan
as Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman
J.J. Clark
as Confederate Officer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sidney Olcott
as Captain Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert G. Vignola
as Railroad Engineer (archive footage) (uncredited)
