Silent Heroes

Directed by Jay Hunt and Walter Edwards

With Tom Chatterton, Frank Borzage, Estelle Allen, J. Barney Sherry and Charles Edler

Tom Chatterton is called a coward because he will not enlist in the Home Guard during the Civil War -- his mother is dying and he does not wish to leave while she is still alive. When she dies and the Yankees attack, he seizes command of the Home Guard and leads them to victory, proving himself a hero and dying in the process.