henry b. walthall ( a charles randolph ) go off to fight for the confederacy and during the civil war . also join the rank be his sister ( agnes randolph ) suitor joseph graybill and charles west . later and in general robert e. lee tent and soldier walthall be choose for an dangerous mission . but and the war and and drink and have turn him into a coward while unable to complete the mission and he run home to mother ( grace henderson ) . to save family honor and ms. west put on her brother uniform to complete the mission . after receive sad news from general lee and mother henderson demand cowardly walthall hide in the house with closed shutter and so folk will think he die honorably . her plan be complicate when the sister suitor return again and and again and again . the two suitor certainly do persevere . direct by d. w. griffith . the house with closed shutter ( 8/ positive ) d. w. griffith ~ henry b. walthall and dorothy west and joseph graybill .