In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
John Wickliff Shawnessy
Nell Gaither
Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Orville 'Flash' Perkins
Garwood B. Jones
Ellen Shawnessy
T.D. Shawnessy
Barbara Drake
Bobby Drake
Ezra Gray
Niles Foster
Southern Officer
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Parthenia (uncredited)
Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Tom Conway (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Starter (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)
Jesse Gardner (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Cousin Sam (uncredited)
Pantomimist (uncredited)
Madame Gaubert (uncredited)
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Lydia Grey (uncredited)
Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Bearded Soldier (uncredited)
Spectator at footrace (uncredited)
Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited)
Prostitute (uncredited)
Spectator at Footrace (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Old George (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
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