In this two-reel picture the interest is divided between the capital war scenes and an exceedingly forceful plot. The atmosphere of this Kay-Bee film, like that of its popular predecessors, is good. There is the southern plantation Christmas, in which the love of the two brothers for the girl is brought out. A good representation of Lincoln and his cabinet is shown, and the signing of the war proclamation is pictured. New phases of warfare are vividly pictured, in the trenches and on the hills. Through it all the plot works smoothly and logically, and after Lee's surrender the final dramatic incidents are shown. A strong production. - The Moving Picture World, January 4, 1913