Jerry Dover

Jerry Dover was the general manager of the very prestigious Huntsman's Lodge restaurant in Augusta, Georgia, for many years. He was Scipio's boss, and often shielded the black man and other hard workers from Freedom Party actions such as curfews and "cleanouts." He was called into the Confederate Army in the autumn of 1942, where he served in the Quartermasters Corps.

Dover approached the Quartermaster Corps with a relentless driving willpower rarely seen in that unit. He had no patience for obstructionists on his own side and entered into a number of conflicts with generals who outranked him. Not being a career officer, Dover cared little for the fortunes of his military tenure and had no ingrained respect for the chain of command.

Following the disappearance of Colonel Travis W. W. Oliphant in 1943, Major Dover was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assumed Oliphant's responsibilities. Undr his command, distribution of Confederate war materiel in Kentucky and Tennesse became drastically more efficient--so much so that US General Irving Morrell considered recommending that Dover be specifically targeted by US assassination teams.

While in Tennesse, Dover received a letter from Melanie Leigh, a former mistress who had been blackmailing him for some time. The letter made him suspicious that Leigh was a spy, and he turned it over to Major Claude Nevers in Confederare Intelligence. Leigh was indeed a spy, and escaped the Confederate dragnet Nevers mobilized against her.

Though loyal to the Confederacy, Dover could barely tolerate Jake Featherston, had no use at all for the Freedom Party, and was particularly appalled by the Black Holocaust.