This is a partial list of famous and not so famous historic characters in First Dark. |
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Harriet Aiken | wife of William Aiken | Jr. |
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Henrietta Aiken | daughter of William Aiken | Jr. |
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William Aiken | Jr. | Governor | US Congressman | South Carolina |
Thomas H. Allsup | First Sergeant | Co A | 10th Cavalry |
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Griffin M. Bender | Owner of Bender Plantation |
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Wash Bender | Slave | Bender's valet during the Civil War |
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William Blackburn | Colonel | Battalion Cmdr | 7th Illinois Cavalry |
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Cadete | Chief | Mescalero Apache |
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L. Henry Carpenter | Captain | Co H | 10th Cavalry |
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Cochise | Chief | Chiricahua Apache |
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George Crook | General | US Army |
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George A. Custer | US Army | 7th Cavalry |
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Jefferson Davis | President | Confederate States |
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Joseph Davis | Jeff's older brother |
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Charles Dougherty | Private | Co A | 10th Cavalry |
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Henry O. Flipper | Lieutenant | Co A | 10th Cavalry |
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Ulysses S. Grant | General | US Army | President | US |
Alice Grierson | Colonel Grierson's wife |
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Benjamin H. Grierson | Music teacher | Colonel | 7th Illinois Cavalry | 10th Cavalry |
Charles Jackson | Slave (William Aiken | Jr.?s Coachman) |
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Henry P. Jacobs | Natchez City Councilman |
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Andrew Johnson | President | US |
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Richard Johnson | son of William Johnson (the barber of Natchez) |
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Robert Johnston | Co A | 10th Cavalry |
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Robert F. Joyce | Ordinance Sergeant | 10th Cavalry |
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Kaytennae | War Leader | Chihenne Apaches |
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Abraham Lincoln | President | US |
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James Lynch | Secretary of State | Mississippi |
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John R. Lynch | US Congressman | Mississippi |
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Ranald Mackenzie | Colonel | 4th Cavalry |
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Ben Montgomery | Slave | manager of Davis Plantation |
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Isaiah Montgomery | Slave | Son of Ben Montgomery |
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Mary Montgomery | wife of Ben Montgomery |
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Nana | War Leader | Chihenne Apaches |
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Nicholas M. Nolan | Captain | Co A | 10th Cavalry |
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E.O.C. Ord | US Army | General | Civil War | Indian Wars |
John C. Pemberton | General | CSA Army |
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Randall Pollard | Pastor | Rose Hill Baptist Church | Natchez |
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William Prince | Colonel | Quartermasters | 7th Illinois Cavalry |
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George Raulston | Lieutenant | Co A | 10th Cavalry |
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Hiram R. Revels | US Senator | Mississippi |
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Don Jose Rodriguez | Carrizal citizen; uncle of fictional character Torres |
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Rufus Saxton | General | US Army |
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Philip Sheridan | US Army | General | Civil War | Indian Wars |
William T. Sherman | General | US Army |
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Richard Surby | Sergeant | Scout | 7th Illinois Cavalry |
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William Tunnard | Sergeant | 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment |
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Victorio | Chief | Chihenne Apaches |
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Robert Wood | Mayor of Natchez | Sheriff of Adams County | Mississippi |
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