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