The Unvanquished, 189 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Tue, 2017-01-03 21:57
Text: 
The Unvanquished
Location: 
Sartoris Plantation Slave Cabin in The Unvanquished (Location)
Page Number: 
189
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
a month after that we had one from Aunt Louisa
Page Event Ends: 
189
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Rosa Millard
Ringo
Bayard Sartoris
Characters Mentioned: 
Gavin Breckbridge
Dennison Hawk
Drusilla Hawk
Louisa Hawk
Unnamed Union Soldiers(4)
Narrative Status: 
Remembered
Date: 
Monday, August 1, 1864 to Wednesday, August 31, 1864
Summary: 

Bayard remembers the first letter from Aunt Louisa Hawk, telling Granny Rosa Millard that Drusilla had decided "to unsex herself" by not grieving over her dead father or fiancé; Louisa "took it for granted" that Drusilla was with them in Mississippi and asked Rosa to "relieve a mother's anxiety" by writing to let her know if Drusilla was in fact there with them (189).

Chronological Order: 
162.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Gender, Relationship:Mother-Daughter, Missing, Writing:Letter, Grief, Mourning
Actions:
Communication›Letter | Physical›Reading
Cultural Issues:
Gender›Masculine woman | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Union Army
Relationships:
Familial›Mother-daughter

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