The Flag of His Country

Walter North is a New York man, married to a southern girl. At the opening of the play their baby daughter is christened, and the young couple are living happily in their home in Baltimore. This is in 1861, at the opening of the Civil War. At the first rumors of hostilities, Mrs. North's brother enlists in the ranks of the Confederacy. When North refuses to follow his example, and casts his lot with the Union Army, his wife bids him good-bye forever. She asks him to choose between his flag and her. He salutes Old Glory and goes to war. Four years later when he returns he finds his old home deserted, and although he tries in every way to discover the whereabouts of his wife and child, he is unsuccessful. He moves to a northern home, and there becomes Commander of a G.A.R. post. Mrs. North, who believes that her husband was killed in the war, comes north with her brother and her little grandchild to attend a reunion of the Confederate Veterans and the G.A.R. While out walking with her grandmother, the little girl is lost, and is picked up by North on his way to attend the reunion. Through the police the grandmother and uncle are notified of the whereabouts of the child, and when they come to claim her at the G.A.R. post, there are mutual recognitions, and Mr. and Mrs. North are reunited. There is but one flag now, the Blue and the Gray clasp hands beneath its folds. - IMDb