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A younger and petted son is summoned by his brother to join the army, at the time of the great need in the Civil War. His old father, a veteran of the Mexican War, presents him with a sword and wishes him god-speed. In the first engagement...See moreA younger and petted son is summoned by his brother to join the army, at the time of the great need in the Civil War. His old father, a veteran of the Mexican War, presents him with a sword and wishes him god-speed. In the first engagement the boy proves to be a coward and runs. Finally he reaches home, and there surrounded by a doting father, loving mother and admiring sister, he tells how he led the charge. In the meantime he is found missing at roll call after the battle and his brother, seeking him among the dead and wounded, learns from a dying soldier of his brother's cowardice. The horror-stricken officer seeks his cowardly brother and finds him at home, and in a most dramatic scene, tells the father of his son's loss of honor. However, under the threat of the father that he will kill himself unless his son retrieves his tarnished name, be seeks again the field of battle and in a magnificent charge, loses his life, but lives long enough to receive the handshake of his fellow officers. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less