O’er Grim Fields Scarred (1911)

• 78%
• 1911
• Drama

Belle Meade is in the secret service of the Confederate army, and is assigned the task of recovering some battle plans. She penetrates the Union lines, but comes under suspicion of Col. Cuthbert's plantation, who is a loyal southerner. The colonel conceals her in the house. The Union general takes possession of Cuthbert's house, and a courier enters with the plans. She slays the courier and hides in the stables. Col. Cuthbert is accused of the act, and is sentenced to death, and Belle learns this from the negroes. To save the Colonel she confesses to the Union general, displaying the plans as evidence. Then drawing a revolver, she holds the soldiers at bay while she burns the papers in the grate. She is finally overpowered, and the scene closes with the girl standing boldly with her back to the spectators, and the firing squad responds to the command of "Ready! Aim! Fire!