Cold Mountain | Characters

Birch
Birch is the youngest member of Teague’s Home Guard. He appears to have some measure of humanity when after he listens to Pangle and Stobrod play, he is so moved that he calls them holy men. Yet he does not hesitate to help kill the two an Inman, too, at the end of the novel.

Goatwoman
Inman meets an elderly mountain woman who is later referred to as “the goatwoman” on his journey home. Her humanity is evident as she cares for his wounds and feeds him. On the surface, she appears hardened, due to the difficult life that she...


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