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.
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
as Flora Cameron
as Col. Ben Cameron
as Margaret Cameron
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
as Gus
as Tod
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
as Abraham Lincoln
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
as Mrs. Cameron
as Dr. Cameron
as Wade Cameron
as Duke Cameron
as Mammy
as Gen. U.S. Grant
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
as Nelse (uncredited)
as Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
as Klansman (uncredited)
as Klansman (uncredited)
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
as Black Woman (uncredited)
as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
as Klan Leader (uncredited)
as Klansman (uncredited)
as Klansman (uncredited)
as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
as General (uncredited)
as Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
as Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
as Klansman (uncredited)
as Laura Keene (uncredited)
as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
as Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
as Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
as Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
as Volunteer (uncredited)
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
as Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
