| A | B |
|---|
| Col. Oliver Brattle | He was hired to advise General Beauregard, who usually didn't seek much advice. |
| Shem Suggs | He joined the Confederate Cavalry to get a horse and always felt more strongly about horses than people. |
| Flora Wheelworth | Her home was near the battlefield, and her daughters' husbands were in the battle. |
| Toby Boyce | He was too young to join the army, so he joined the military band. |
| Virgil Peavey | He was a Confederate soldier whose friend was shot. |
| Dr. William Rye | He was a medical doctor that tended to the injured after the battle. |
| Judah Jenkins | He delivered messages for the Confederate army at the Battle of Bull Run. Prior to that he witnessed Col Oliver Ellsworth become the first Union casualty after taking down a Confederate flag. |
| Carlotta King | Taken to the battle by her master, she was a slave looking for an opportunity to run away. |
| Lily Malloy | Her beloved brother Patrick ran off to join the army without their father's permission. |
| Gideon Adams | He was a black man that disguised himself as a white man, so he could serve in the Union army. |
| James Dacy | He was an artist drawing pictures of the war for a New York newspaper. |
| Nathaniel Epp | He was a photographer taking pictures of soldiers. |
| Dietrich Herz | He was an immigrant soldier for the Union, who held dear a picture and note from the unknown, troubled woman who sewed his clothes. |
| General Irvin McDowell | He was the unprepared Union General in command at the Battle of Bull Run. |
| A.B. Tilbury | He was a cannoneer for the Union army. |
| Edmund Upwing | He was a carriage driver hired to take a group of picnickers to watch the battle near Manassas. |
