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Charley Goddard

He is a fifteen-year-old boy who is growing up in Winona, Minnesota at the beginning of the Civil War.

Ma

She is a normal mother-type, concerned for her son's safety.

The Black Lady at the Train Station

She approaches Charley during a train stop and thanks Charley for what he is doing and gives him a sweet roll.

The White Woman

An unnamed lady comes out of a house as the train is leaving the Baltimore station, pulls the colored lady inside and shakes her fist at the soldiers on the train.

Swenson

He is a private who sits next to Charley on the train and points out how poor the white families of the South are.

Lieutenant Olafson

He is an officer who pulls Charley out of a stupor near the end of the first Battle of Bull Run.

McClellan

He is a new officer...

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