The Perils of a War Messenger (1911)
The mission that Joe undertook was hazardous in the extreme, an incursion into and through the Federal lines, right into the city of Washington, for the purpose of obtaining the plans for the manufacture of gun caps, the most useful destructive commodity. The Confederates were sorely in need of them, and especially the Army of Northern Virginia. The Confederate Secretary of War had ordered the venture and Joe was fulfilling it. He hid in hay stacks, pilfered the guns of sleeping sentries, was pursued and shot at, escaped detection under the noses of pursuers, while secreted in a fireplace, covered with ashes. In the last ruse he was aided by a sympathetic maid. On the field of battle a dying youth entrusts Joe with a ring for his sister at home. This girl is the daughter of a man who had befriended Joe, and he therefore gladly accepts the service, also for the sake of the lost brother. When he had successfully accomplished the great mission he set out upon, and brings back and places the plans in the hands of the secretary, he was awarded the commission of captain for his valiant services. But he refused it. When he returned to that sweet-faced girl who had won his love, we rejoice in the bliss and happiness which must come to him, for he was deserving of it all.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
