Characters

Reverend Nathaniel Cole Played by Tom Noonan

Hell on Wheels Reverend Nathaniel Cole

Reverend Cole’s journey is mainly concerned with avoiding a war with the Indians, a war he knows they cannot win. After riding with John Brown in Kansas and serving as a minister for the Union Army in the Civil War, Cole is sick of the slaughter; he genuinely wants to help the whites and Indians avoid another war and he sees Joseph as a means to this end. Cole struggles with his own personal demons while preaching a path of peace.