Unnamed Militia Sergeant

Character Key Number: 
672
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Unnamed Militia Sergeant
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Unnamed Militia Sergeant
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "A Name for the City" and again in Requiem for a Nun the sergeant who commanded the militia unit that captured the outlaw gang was reported by some to have "recognized one of the bandits as a deserter from his corps" - and reportedly himself recognized by "one of the bandits" as "a former follower of his, the bandit's trade" (201, 5).