Unnamed Militia Band

Character Key Number: 
3172
Display Name: 
Unnamed Militia Band
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Militia Band
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "A Name for the City" and again in Requiem for a Nun these militia men are "part of a general muster at the settlement . . . for a Fourth of July barbeque" (201, 5). Like stereotypical frontiersmen, they are soon "ejected" from town for their "drunken brawling" (201, 5-6). After running into and capturing a gang of bandits, they return to the settlement in hopes of claiming a reward; instead, they are eventually locked up with the outlaws they had captured.