Unnamed Spanish-American War Soldiers
Character Key Number:
3198
Display Name:
Unnamed Spanish-American War Soldiers
Sort Name:
Unnamed Spanish-American War Soldiers
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Describing the unveiling of Jefferson's Confederate monument in 1900, Requiem for a Nun notes that "sons" of the "old men in gray" who attend the ceremony "had already died in blue coats in Cuba" - i.e. were young men from Yoknapatawpha who died serving in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War (189).