Light in August, 483 (Event)

Page Number: 
483
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
A handfull of men (he was not an officer
Page Event Ends: 
485
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Mentioned: 
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Saturday, December 20, 1862
Notes: 

TMT: Faulkner seems to have modeled the Oxford raid on Van Dorn's raid of Union supply stores at Holly Springs, MS--hence the date of this hypothesized Event.

Summary: 

Hightower excitedly tells his wife about how his grandfather died during General Earl van Dorn's raid on Jefferson.

Chronological Order: 
11.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Civil War

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