Buzzard Egglestone
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Buzzard Egglestone
Sort Name:
Egglestone, Beroth Bullard "Buzzard"
AKA:
Beroth Bullard Egglestone
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
Politician
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Tuesday, July 14, 1818
Origin:
New York
Biography:
During the Civil War, Egglestone was a Union General. After the war he settled in Mississippi as a planter, and in 1868 was elected Governor of the state as a Republican by the constitutional convention held in Jackson. But since Mississippi had not yet been re-admitted to the Union, he never served in that office. To unreconstructed Mississippians, he was a carpetbagger, which explains why they gave him the sobriquet "Buzzard" (87).
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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