
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
Genres:

Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long as Gus

Robert Harron as Tod

Wallace Reid as Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron

George Beranger as Wade Cameron

Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron

Jennie Lee as Mammy

Donald Crisp as Gen. U.S. Grant

Howard Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam De Grasse as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

William De Vaull as Nelse (uncredited)

Willam Freeman as Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)

Tom Wilson as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)

Fred Burns as Klansman (uncredited)

Allan Sears as Klansman (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln as Blacksmith (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Black Woman (uncredited)

Raoul Walsh as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)

Monte Blue as (uncredited)

Harry Braham as Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)

Bob Burns as Klan Leader (uncredited)

Edmund Burns as Klansman (uncredited)

Edward Burns as Klansman (uncredited)

Peggy Cartwright as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)

Dark Cloud as General (uncredited)

Leonore Cooper as Elsie's Maid (uncredited)

Charles Eagle Eye as Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)

John Ford as Klansman (uncredited)

Olga Grey as Laura Keene (uncredited)

Alberta Lee as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)

Betty Marsh as Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)

Donna Montran as Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Eugene Pallette as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Alma Rubens as Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Charles Stevens as Volunteer (uncredited)

Jules White as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Violet Wilkey as Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)

David Butler as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Mary Wynn as
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