Unnamed Union Officer 6
Character Key Number:
697
Display Name:
Unnamed Union Officer 6
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Unnamed Union Officer 6
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The officer in "My Grandmother Millard" who leads the "first Yankee scouting party" to appear in Jefferson is obviously a gentleman: when told by Aunt Roxanne, one of the Compson's slaves, that a woman is in the privy behind the Compson house, he begs Roxanne's pardon, "raises his hat and even backs [his] horse a few steps" before turning away and ordering his men to leave (675).