Unnamed Confederate Provost Marshals
Character Key Number:
2453
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Unnamed Confederate Provost Marshals
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Unnamed Confederate Provost Marshals
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
During the Civil War both North and South used provost marshals as a kind of military police force behind the lines. The "Confederate provost marshals' men" from whom Goodhue Coldfield is hiding in Absalom! would have arrested him as a draft dodger or compelled him to serve in the military (6).