Rifles For Watie - Main Characters in Rifles For Watie

Main Characters in Rifles For Watie

• Jefferson (Jeff) Davis Bussey – the protagonist
• Lucy Washbourne – Jeff's love interest, a young woman living in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (then Indian Territory)
• Lee Washbourne – Lucy's brother, a Confederate soldier and scout. Killed in a firing squad in which Jeff unknowingly took a part in. Jeff, however, did not shoot and did not realize that it was Lee, whom he had heard about from Lucy and Mrs. Washbourne, until he saw Lee's name engraved on his watch.
• Noah Babbitt – an itinerant printer, older than Jeff, and a Union soldier and a lover of nature.
• Stand Watie – historical character, the last Confederate general to surrender at the war's end.
• James G. Blunt – historical character, Union general who battled to control Indian Territory.
• David Gardner – Jeff's hometown friend who joins the Union Army with him.
• John Chadwick – Another of Jeff's hometown friends who joins the Union Army with him.
• Captain Asa Clardy – Jeff's commanding officer in the Union Army, and a major antagonist against Jeff. He is the one smuggling the Spencer Rifles to the Rebels.
• Heifer Hobbs – company cook and mentor for Jeff in the Indian cavalry, a part of the Confederate States Army.
• Sparrow – The cook in Jeff's regiment on the Union side. He is murdered by Clardy after he finds out Sparrow told Jeff about the woman he killed.
• Bill Earle – A friend Jeff made in the war, on the Union side
• Pete Millholland – One of Jeff's sergeants. He's killed by Rebels while cooking supper in Choctaw country
• Jimmy - The 14 year old drummer boy for the Union army. He is critically injured and eventually dies.
• Emory Bussey - Jeff's dad
• Edith Bussey - Jeff's Mom
• Ring - Jeff's dog in Kansas
• Dixie - a dog Jeff found, who didn't want to leave its dead owner.
• Keegan - A commander for the Confederates.