Lee, General Robert E. (the Old Gray Fox) commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
Longstreet, Lieutenant General James (Pete, Old Peter, Dutch, Old Pete, War Horse) 1st Army Corps commander and Lee's most valued commander
Armistead, Brigadier General Lewis A. (Lo, Lothario) Pickett's brigade commander, who was close friends with General Hancock before the war
Pickett, Major General George E. Longstreet's division commander
Garnett, Brigadier General Richard Brooke Pickett's brigade commander who was seeking to salvage his honor from an unfounded slur by General Stonewall Jackson
Early, Major General Jubal Ewell's division commander
Ewell, Lieutenant General Richard S. (Old Baldy) 2nd Army Corps
Stuart, Major General James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Cavalry Division commander who was controversial and flamboyant
Heth, Major General Henry (Harry) Hill's division commander
Hill, Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell 3rd Army Corps
Hood, Major General John Bell (Sam) Longstreet's division commander
Jackson, General Thomas J. (Stonewall, Old Thomas, Old Blue Light) forceful commander under Lee who was killed before Gettysburg and whose loss forced the reorganization of Lee's Army, placing several inexperienced generals in command positions
Pettigrew, Brigadier General James Johnston Heth's brigade commander
Kemper, Brigadier General James Pickett's brigade commander from Virginia who was speaker of the Virginia House and not fond of foreigners
Fremantle, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Lyon-Englishman of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards, there to observe the Confederacy. His name is sometimes spelled Freemantle
Harrison Longstreet's spy
Pender, Major General William Dorsey Hill's division commander
Taylor, Major Walter Lee's aide
Trimble, Brigadier General Isaac division commander under Pender who led one of the groups in Pickett's charge; he was originally a volunteer under Ewell
Sorrel, Major G. Moxley Longstreet's chief of staff (sometimes spelled Sorrell)
Rodes, Major General Robert Ewell's division commander
Mary Armistead refers to Mary, in remembering the last night with Hancock and Hancock's wife Almira. While not specifically stated, it is assumed this is his deceased wife's name
Pickett, Sallie (LaSalle Corbelle) George Pickett's wife; at the time of Gettysburg she was his sweetheart
