What happens
Captain Carey, a Confederate officer, and his young daughter Virgie live on the Carey plantation in Virginia as the Civil War breaks out. Virgie celebrates her eleventh birthday, then watches her father ride away to join the army. Later, Union soldiers search the house for a rebel scout, and Virgie defies a Yankee colonel named Morrison. The broadcast is the Lux Radio Theatre production of The Littlest Rebel, first aired on October 14, 1940, starring Shirley Temple, Claude Raines and Preston Foster. The story follows Virgie's courage as the war reaches her home.
Virginia, during the American Civil War, beginning in April 1861 on the Carey plantation
Characters: Virgie Carey, Captain Carey, Colonel Morrison, Uncle Billy, Linda Carey, Sergeant Dudley, Lieutenant Harris
Listen for: Virgie's birthday party, her father's departure, and her confrontation with Colonel Morrison
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.