| 1 | Harriet |
Winthrop | Everly's mother. |
| | Everly |
Winthrop | History professor at SCAD, narrator in present-day storyline. |
| | Allyn |
Winthrop | Everly's sister. |
| | Mr. |
Hibbert | First Mate; survived and helped rescue efforts. |
| | Lilly |
Forsyth | Augusta's niece. |
| 2 | Oliver |
Samford | Everly's colleague. |
| | Mora |
| Everly's bestfriend. Deceased. |
| 3 | Adam |
Forsyth | Lilly's husband. |
| | Priscilla |
| Enslaved nursemaid to Madeline |
| | Madeline |
Forsyth | Lilly's infant daughter. |
| | Lamar |
Longstreet | Lilly's uncle.The famous Savannah plantation owner,banker and financier. |
| | Augusta |
Longstreet | Lamar's sister. Lilly's aunt. |
| | Daphne |
| Augusta's friend. |
| | Melody |
Longstreet | Lamar's wife. |
| | Thomas |
Longstreet | Lilly's cousin. |
| 4 | James |
Oglethorpe | The British trustee. |
| 5 | Captain |
Dubois | Captain of the Pulaski. |
| | Henry |
MacMillan | Lamar's colleague. |
| | Isaac |
| Augusta's fiancee. |
| | Charles |
Longstreet | Lamar's oldest son. Aka: Red Devil, Noble Boy. |
| 6 | Sophie |
| Everly's friend. |
| | Madddox |
Wagner | The head of the dive. |
| 9 | Eliza |
Longstreet | Melody and Lamar's daughter. |
| | William |
Longstreet | Melody and Lamar's son. |
| | Caroline |
Longstreet | Melody and Lamar's daughter. |
| | Rebecca |
Longstreet | Melody and Lamar's daughter. |
| 10 |
Matthew | Hall-MacAllister |
The Savannah mayor. |
| 12 |
Grant | Phillips |
The man where Everly falls in love with. |
| 13 |
Sarah | McKay |
One of the boat passengers. |
| 14 |
Merily | |
Allyn's daughter. |
| | Hudson |
| Allyn's son. |
| 15 |
James | Couper |
Lifeboat survivor. |
| | Nelle |
March | Theodore's mother. |
| | Theodore |
March | Nelle's son,Lifeboat survivor. |
| 18 |
Mr. | Harris |
Passenger from New Bedford. |
| 19 |
Mark | |
Diver in modern timeline. |
| | Sean |
| Diver in modern timeline. |
| | Ben |
| Diver in modern timeline. |
| | Phil |
| Diver in modern timeline. |
| 20 |
Francis | Pooler |
Teenage boy; passenger. |
| | Mr. |
Pooler | Francis's father. |
| | Barney |
| A seaman with white hair and burned hands. |
| | Solomon |
| A Negro waiter. |
| 22 |
Mr. | Hutchinson |
One of the passengers. |
| | Samuel |
Parkman | One of the passengers. |
| 24 |
Mrs. | Bird |
The quiet woman at the lifeboat. |
| 34 |
Mauma | |
The slave woman. |
| 36 |
Eli | Davis |
Schooner captain who rescued survivors. |
| | Mr. |
Hubbard | The man from Charleston. |
| | Harmon |
Eldridge | One of the man who rescued survivors. |
| | Peter |
Lawson | Second Mate. |
| 38 |
Beatrice Caroline | McLain |
Passenger who died in Pulaski tragedy |
| | George |
McLain | Beatrice's father. |
| | Louise |
Kathryn | George's wife. |
| | Franklin Marshall |
Cunnion | Beatrice's husband. |
| | Beatrice |
| Beatrice and Marshall's daughter. |
