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When Charles the First Was King · Character

Colonel Sands

A Parliamentarian officer.

minor

Also known as Colonel Sands

First appearance: xxxviii of the surrender of pontefract castle

Colonel Sands shows up with force in Of the First Siege of Pontefract Castle. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Parliamentarian commander who initially invests the Castle and skirmishes with the garrison.
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See Colonel Sands in xxxviii of the surrender of pontefract castle