284 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1860s
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His Trust Fulfilled
πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sContinuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's daughter after her mother's death. He sacrifices his own meager savings to give the girl a good life, until the money runs out and he tries to steal money from the girl's rich cousin.
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The Battle
πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sUnion soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he finds his courage and crosses enemy lines to bring help to his trapped comrades.
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Swords and Hearts
πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sA poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.
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The House with Closed Shutters
πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sDuring the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; his sister puts on his uniform, takes her brother's place in the battle, and is killed. Their mother, not wanting the shameful truth to become known, closes all the shutters (hence the film's title) and keeps her son's presence a secret for many years, though two boyhood chums stumble upon the truth...
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In the Border States
πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sDuring the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leaves, Confederate troops forage on his property, where a soldier encounters one of his daughters. The father himself is wounded on a hazardous mission and must run for his life, pursued by Confederate soldiers.
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The Fugitive
πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sTwo Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy.
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The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
Florida The 1860sThe American Civil War is the setting for this film which portrays the efforts of a girl, with the aid of her boyfriend, to deliver a message to the Confederate army while the Yankees try prevent them. After disguising themselves as Yankee soldiers, Nan and her young man are recognized, chased, and the young man killed. Nan manages to deliver the message but only after being shot herself, collapsing after the commander is in possession of the important news.
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The Guerrilla
πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sMack Sennett appears as a Confederate soldier and a Union soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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Emancipation
Louisiana The 1860sA runaway slave must outwit cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on a torturous journey north to enlist in the Union Army.