My favorite character in Harold Keith’s Rifles for Watie is Jeff, who is also the main character of the book. The book follows him in third-person which reveals the thoughts and character of Jeff. Jeff is a young man living during the Civil War who always wants to fight in war. When his family is raided by bushwhackers, he decides to sign up in the United States infantry. When he joins, he is put under the command of Captain Asa Clardy who hates Jeff and is looking for ways to punish him. While in the military, Jeff and his fellow infantrymen walk through different parts of the Confederacy, meeting many different families and finding out these rebels truly are. Eventually, Jeff’s general commands him to enter the rebel camp as a scout.