Directed by David Butler | Starring: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Karen Morley, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

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.