America (1924 film)
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America, also called Love and Sacrifice, is a 1924 American silent historical war romance film. It describes the heroic story of the events during the American Revolutionary War, in which filmmaker D.
America D. W. Griffith poster
D. W. Griffith (holding rifle) during filming
Walter Butler (Loyalist)
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Walter Butler was an American-born Loyalist military officer during the American Revolutionary War. He left his home in Tryon County, New York for Montreal in 1775 and obtained a commission as an ensi
America (1924 film)
…in Upstate New York and Patriots in Massachusetts and Virginia. Later in the film, in New York, a little-remembered sub-plot takes place. Captain Walter Butler, a ruthless Loyalist officer, leads the Iroquois in viciously barraging attacks against American settlers, including the massacre of women and children…
Walter Butler's commission as a captain in Butler's Rangers
Fate of Jane Wells (Incident in Cherry Valley) by Alonzo Chappel, 1856