Nelson Cash

Captain Nelson Cash commanded Jorge Rodriguez's company in Virginia and Tennessee. He treated his men in a kindly fashion because he had bastards like Sgt. Hugo Blackledge to handle the dirty work. For instance, when Rodriguez received a telegram informing him of his father's death, Cash was sympathetic but unable to grant him compassionate leave. Blackledge ensured he didn't take informal leave.

Cash was decapitated by U.S. shelling during their offensive from their bridgehead on the south side of the Cumberland River.