Sergeant Harrison

Character Key Number: 
476
Display Name: 
Sergeant Harrison
Sort Name: 
Harrison, Sergeant
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "Ambuscade" and again in The Unvanquished, the top sergeant in the Union troop that arrives at Sartoris is named Harrison. He may be the Yankee who is first spotted by Ringo and Bayard looking at the plantation through field glasses; if so, it is his horse that they kill attempting to shoot him. He was clearly angered by that shooting, which cost the regiment "the best horse in the whole army" (29). Much more hostile to Rosa Millard than his commanding officer, he orders other soldiers to search the house in search of the "little devils" who did the shooting (29).