

70 minutes
12/27/1935
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.

Shirley Temple
as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary

John Boles
as Capt. Herbert Cary

Jack Holt
as Col. Morrison

Karen Morley
as Mrs. Cary

Bill Robinson
as Uncle Billy

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Sgt. Dudley

Willie Best
as James Henry

Frank McGlynn Sr.
as President Abraham Lincoln
Bessie Lyle
as Mammy
Hannah Washington
as Sally Ann

Bud Geary
as Yankee Sergeant (uncredited)

Matthew Beard
as Black Boy (uncredited)