FONTAINE ALLARD, Kentucky tobacco planter, sixty-five years old.
CHARLOTTE ALLARD, his wife.
JOHN MCLEAN, Charlotte’s brother, planter, opposed to Secession.
JIM ALLARD, elder son of Fontaine Allard.
NED ALLARD, Confederate officer, younger son of Fontaine Allard.
BELLE BRADLEY ALLARD, Jim’s wife.
JOE BRADLEY, a wealthy merchant of Clarksville.
ARTHUR BRADLEY, Joe’s son.
CAROLINE (“CALLY”) HOBART, Fontaine Allard’s divorced daughter.
JENNY MORRIS HOBART, Cally’s ten-year-old daughter.
GEORGE ROWAN, cousin to the Allards, aide to General Deshler.
EDMUND ROWAN, George’s father, planter and sportsman.
SPENCER ROWE, cousin to the Kentucky Allards, prisoner at Johnson’s Island.
RIVES ALLARD, of Georgia, cousin to the Kentucky Allards, scout under General Forrest.
SUSAN ALLARD, of Georgia, mother of Rives.
MARION (“MITTY”) ALLARD, Rives’ sister.
BEN BIGSTAFF, scout under General Forrest.
WINSTON MCLEAN, butler to Fontaine Allard.
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, Lieutenant-General, C. S. A.
Confederate Generals BRAGG, BUCKNER, FLOYD, PILLOW, LONGSTREET, HILL, DESHLER, BRECKINRIDGE, POLK, and other Confederate officers.
Federal Generals THOMAS, GRANT, GRANGER, and other Federal officers.