Captain John Hull Abston — Pharaoh's Army Character Profile

About Captain John Hull Abston

Union army officer and widower leading a four-man supply scavenging party. Stays at Sarah's cabin after Newt's injury, assists with farming, kills a sniper, and confronts Sarah and the boy after Newt's death. Leaves a rifle and demands a proper burial before departing.

Captain John Hull Abston — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Chris Cooper

Appears in

Pharaoh's Army (1995)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Captain John Hull Abston — Professional Commander — Neely (Frank Clem)

  Abston is the commanding officer of Corporal Neely.

• Captain John Hull Abston — Professional Commander — Rodie (Richard Tyson)

  Abston holds military authority over Rodie.

• Captain John Hull Abston — Professional Commander — Chicago (Robert Joy)

  Abston leads Chicago as a subordinate soldier.

• Captain John Hull Abston — Professional Commander — Newt (Huckleberry Fox)

  Abston is the superior officer to Newt.

• Captain John Hull Abston — Conflict Occupier Vs Host — Sarah Anders (Patricia Clarkson)

  A tense occupier-host relationship defined by military raiding and forced coexistence.

• Captain John Hull Abston — Conflict Union Officer Vs Confederate Sympathizer — Preacher (Kris Kristofferson)

  Ideological enemies representing opposing Civil War factions.

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More characters from Pharaoh's Army

• Sarah Anders (Patricia Clarkson)
• Preacher (Kris Kristofferson)
• Rodie (Richard Tyson)
• Chicago (Robert Joy)
• Neely (Frank Clem)
• Newt (Huckleberry Fox)
• Mourner (Leon Cain)
• Narrator (Robert P. Sampson Jr.)
• Preacher's Wife (Maude Mitchell)
• Mourner (Rebecca Ling Rylands)
• Mourner (Paul Johnson)
• Mourner (Margaret Ellis)