| Maude |
Bingham | The owner of the house where Jonathan left to die. |
| John |
Brown | American abolitionist. |
| Mary Ann |
Brown | John's widow. |
| Leveritt |
Covington | Libby's neighbor. |
| Felicia |
Covington | Leveritt's sister. |
| Zach |
Covington | One of Leveritt's slaves. |
| Colonel |
Duffy | A Union military leader. |
| Jubal |
Early | A military officer. |
| General |
Ewell | Confederate general. |
| Robert |
Grafton | The overseer,Former owner of Libby's house. |
| Stonewall |
Jackson | Confederate general,Deceased. |
| Eustis |
March | Jonathan's lieutenant. |
| Henry |
Morgan | Leveritt's grandson,The soldier that Libby talks to. |
| John |
Mosby | Confederate cavalry commander. |
| Jeremiah |
Norton | Libby's neighbor. |
| Edgar Allan |
Poe | A poet that Jonathan likes. |
| Sergeant |
Porter | One of Jonathan's men. |
| Darcy |
Sears | The lieutenant who visits Libby's house. |
| General |
Sheridan | A Union general, Colonel Duffy's superior. |
| Joseph |
Steadman | Libby's freedman. |
| Peter |
Steadman | Libby's husband,Missing. |
| Libby |
Steadman | Protagonist. |
| Jubilee |
Steadman | Libby's niece. |
| Jack |
Steadman | Libby's son. |
| Jonathan |
Weybridge | Union officer that Libby nurses. Aka: Mr. Jackal. |
| Emily |
Weybridge | Jonathan's wife. |
| Caleb |
Weybridge | Jonathan and Emily's son. |
| Buckthorn |
| One of Jonathan's men. |
| Cinnamon |
| Libby's horse. |
| Clark |
| Leveritt's slave. |
| Giddy |
| Weybridge's nephew. |
| Jessica |
| Leveritt's house servant. |
| Lucas |
| One of Morgan's men. |
| Lucius |
| A picket, One of the officers. |
| McKenna |
| Duffy's captain. |
| Robert |
| Libby's brother. |
| Sally |
| Joseph's wife. |
| Stanton |
| Morgan's corporal. |
| Sutler |
| A shoe seller. |
| Webb |
| The officer at the checkpoint. |