Gavin Breckbridge
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Gavin Breckbridge
Sort Name:
Breckbridge, Gavin
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Confederate Officer
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
War
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Biography:
Gavin Breckbridge was engaged to Drusilla before the Civil War, which means it is almost certain that he belonged to the upper class. He never appears directly in Faulkner's fiction, but his death while fighting for the Confederacy at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862 marks the moment when Drusilla "deliberately tried to unsex herself" (189).
Individual or Group:
Individual
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