Theophilus McCaslin
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Theophilus McCaslin
Sort Name:
McCaslin, Theophilus
AKA:
Uncle Buck McCaslin
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Family:
McCaslin
Family (new):
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Confederate Cavalryman
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
One of Lucius McCaslin's twin sons, Theophilus is more typically called "Uncle Buck." Lucius identifies him as "our remote uncle and cousin" and "Cousin Ike's father" who served during the Civil War, fighting under the command of the brother of Nathan Bedford Forrest (94). Elsewhere in the Yoknapatawpha fictions, it is his twin brother, "Uncle Buddy," who serves in the Civil War; when the brothers competed for the chance to fight in the Confederate Army, Buck lost and stayed in Yoknapatawpha throughout the fighting.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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