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With Stonewall Jackson
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
The Champion Film Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Produced by Mark M. Dintenfass. / Released 17 April 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Historical: Civil War.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The pride of the Kosgroves of Virginia is indeed gratified beyond measure when General “Stonewall” Jackson and his staff accepts the proffered hospitality so effusively tendered by them. The young and only son of Widow Kosgrove has enlisted and is about to join his company when the General takes a new flag from the hands of his mother, sister and wife, and presents it to the young husband as a memorial of trust. With a light heart and joyous tread, the pride of Kosgrove Manor marches away with the army. Heavy service is encountered and at the terrible slaughter at Henry House, the deafening din of the cannon’s roar, the proximity of the bursting shells from the enemy’s works, the deadly havoc wrought and the loss of life utterly unnerve and terrify the lad, who deserts the field at the height of battle and skulks home. Against the unavailing protests of his family, the boy will not return, and to preserve the untarnished name of Kosgrove, his beautiful young wife dons a uniform and musket and regains the regiment in time to march with them to Winchester, Va. Desperate fighting ensues, and the Blues capture an important position. Their commander mounts the bulwark and seizes the Confederate colors, but for the instant, and is downed by a bullet from the young wife’s musket. She saves the flag, but falls beneath the avenging bullets of the officer’s men. Her body is brought home and with a last look at the corpse of his courageous wife, Kosgrove undergoes a complete regeneration, and he re-enters the service with a vow to never return without capturing a Union flag as a trophy. “Stonewall” Jackson was routing the Federals and advancing on Winchester. With Jackson’s permission the boy heads a body of brave southerners, and retakes the position lost by the Grays and stoutly maintains it, replacing the Union Stars and Stripes with the Southern Bars that his martyred wife had saved, thereby being commended by Jackson. Then they brought him home too, but the war was over. His life, too, was extinct, and with a smile of reverence he entwines the both colors in his stiffening fingers. With a last glimpse at his country’s banners, he departs this world, and his soul flees to join that of his wife before the Bar of Righteousness and the Stars of Love.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: History: USA: American Civil War (1861-1865) - People: Military: General Stonewall Jackson - USA
Listing updated: 30 August 2023.
References: Pitts-Hollywood p. 5 : Website-IMDb.
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