LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY
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1809-1818 Scene: A Cabin in the Woods
Tom, A Man of the Forest and Stream. Nancy, The Woman Who Saw a Vision. The Boy, Her Son. Dennis, His Cousin. Boney, A Fighting Coon Dog.
1861-1865 Scene: The White House
Senator Gilbert Winter, The Radical Leader. Betty, His Daughter. John Vaughan, A Union Soldier. Ned Vaughan, His Brother, a Rebel. Abraham Lincoln, The President. Mrs. Lincoln, His Wife. Phœbe, Her Maid. Julius Cæsar Thornton, Who Was Volunteered. Colonel Nicolay, The President's Secretary. Major John Hay, Assistant Secretary. William Tecumseh Sherman, Who Stole a March. George B. McClellan, The Man on Horseback. Robert E. Lee, The Southern Commander.