- Mrs. Dolly Merriwether: A widow and a leader of Atlanta society before the war. After the war she opens a bakery.
- Grandpa Merriwether: Dolly Meriwether's father, he fights in the Home Guard at the siege of Atlanta and survives.
- Maybelle Merriwether: Dolly Meriwether's daughter who marries Rene Picard.
- Rene Picard: The husband of Maybelle Merriwether, he is originally from Louisiana.