Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy.

Reparto

Kate Bruce

Confederate mother

Edward Dillon

John, Confederate son

Clara T. Bracy

Union mother

Edwin August

John, Union son

Dorothy West

Confederate son's fiancée

Lucy Cotton

Union son's fiancée