Sadistic and anti-intellectual guerrilla who despises Jake's literacy. He repeatedly threatens Jake and Holt, shoots at them during an ambush, and survives the war to become an outlaw. Mackeson tracks the protagonists to California but ultimately retreats when faced with drawn guns.
A violent, personal feud driven by Mackeson's sadism and Jake's moral opposition.
Both serve in the same pro-Confederate guerrilla unit during the Lawrence campaign.
United under the same Confederate-aligned guerrilla leadership.
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