Unnamed Union Officer

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Submitted by chlester0@gmail.com on Wed, 2014-08-06 23:44
Text: 
Light in August
Character Key: 
Unnamed Union Officer 2
Display Name: 
Unnamed Union Officer
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Union Officer
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Yankee Officer
First Mentioned: 
Hightower's Childhood Home in Light in August (Location)
Biography: 

According to the report that reaches the Hightower's house during the Civil War, this "Yankee officer" shoots and kills Pomp, Gail Hightower's father's personal slave, "to protect his own life" when Pomp attacks him "with a shovel" (477).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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