Flags in the Dust, 228 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2012-04-23 09:05
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Location: 
Grenada and Calhoun Co., Mississippi in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Page Number: 
228
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
"They was times back in sixty three and fo' when
Page Event Ends: 
229
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Doctor Alford
(Old Man) Will Falls
Colonel John Sartoris
Unnamed Confederate Cavalry
Unnamed Union Soldiers(2)
Characters Mentioned: 
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Earl Van Dorn
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 1863 to Saturday, December 31, 1864
Summary: 

In this second story Will Falls tells Bayard about serving with Colonel John Sartoris during the Civil War, the Colonel single-handedly captures a company of Union cavalry.

Chronological Order: 
10.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
War_Civil Farming
Cultural Issues:
Agriculture›Farming | Food›Candy | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs:
Memory›Remembering
Aesthetics:
Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Ghost

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