An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.
Jack Pickford
as Chad
Clara Horton
as Margaret
Pauline Starke
as Melissa
J. Parks Jones
as Dan Dean (as J. Park Jones)
Clark Marshall
as Harry Dean
Edythe Chapman
as Mrs. Dean
James Neill
as Major Buford
R.D. MacLean
as General (as R.D. McLean)
T.D. Crittenden
as Schoolmaster (as Dwight Crittenden)
Aileen Manning
as Cousin Lucy
Dudley Hendricks
as Joel Turner
Aggie Herring
as Mrs. Turner