Unnamed Wives or Mistresses of Southern Soldiers
Character Key Number:
2468
Display Name:
Unnamed Wives or Mistresses of Southern Soldiers
Sort Name:
Unnamed Wives or Mistresses of Southern Soldiers
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
In her account in Absalom! of the men who begin returning home from the Civil War during its final winter, Rosa refers to the men's "beloved wife or mistress who in his absence has been raped" (126). She does not say by whom.