Those he had ever cared about he could list on the fingers of one sun-browned , rein-hardened hand : Cousin Meredith ; her son Shelly he had died at Chickamauga between one short breath and the next Shelly 's younger brother Boyd , who had run away to join Morgan , too , in the sunset of the raider 's career ; and Anse , whom he had believed dead until this past hour .
Due to the isolation he had experience , he didn 't care about many people .