A Love of '64 (1913)
Virginia Carey, a southern girl and Confederate spy, in order to facilitate her work and disarm suspicion, pretends blindness when the Union headquarters are established in her house. She is, however, suspected by the Union general, who orders Lieutenant Wilson, of his staff, to watch the girl. A love affair develops between Wilson and Virginia, but each continues to do what appears to be their duty. Virginia obtains a copy of an important dispatch, and carries it to the Confederate picket lines. Wilson, scouting at the time, observes the delivery of the paper, follows the officer to whom it was given, and recovers it. Meanwhile, the Union troops have been engaged in destroying a bridge over which Virginia must pass on her return home. When she comes in sight of the bridge she realizes that she must either continue on her way or by her actions admit that she is not blind, which would be fatally compromising. The Union general, realizing that fate has prepared a test for the girl, arranges for her rescue in case she proves her blindness by plunging through the broken bridge, and allows her to go on. Virginia, trusting that she will be able to survive the plunge, steps through the opening in the bridge floor. At the same moment, the Confederate advance attacks, and the soldier who had been posted to rescue Virginia is killed. Wilson, cut off from his friends and swimming the stream lower down, rescues Virginia. Knowing now that she is a spy, his sense of duty forces him to place her under arrest. Coming in sight of the house they find, however, that the Confederates are triumphantly in possession. Virginia urges Wilson to flee, and guides him to where her horse, a beloved pet, is hidden. She induces him to take the horse and escape, setting the Confederates upon the wrong track. A year later, the war over, Wilson returns and the lovers find happiness.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Ormi Hawley | |
| Harry Loomis |
