David Belasco collaborated with Pauline Phelps and Marion Short on this four-act vehicle for David Warfield. A Grand Army Man opened on 16 October 1907 for 149 performances at the Stuyvesant Theatre, with Warfield as Bigelow, a veteran of the Civil War, raising Robert, son of a fallen fellow soldier. Robert falls under the influence of some nefarious friends and is jailed for unwisely giving to one of them the money entrusted to him. With Bigelow's support, Robert is cleared and marries Hallie (played by Antoinette Perry), daughter of the judge who passed sentence on Robert. Jane Cowl was featured in a small role in the production.
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.