Bob Hoskins plays "Judd" of the Civil War.. who works with Pinkerton and the possibly dubious "Sumner"?... to aid Lincoln's travel journey from Harrisburg safely to the America's, or rather - the Union's - Capital City, Washington...

I think "North" is the Union States.. and "South" is the Confederate States..

Bob Hoskins in "Back to the Future Again" .. can be the Bob Hoskins of the one movie I believe he made with Atom Egoyan...