Unnamed Union Quartermaster

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1459
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Unnamed Union Quartermaster
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Unnamed Union Quartermaster
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

In "The Unvanquished" and again in the chapter titled "Riposte in Tertio" in The Unvanquished the Yankee lieutenant whose men have damaged the mule pen fence while re-possessing the livestock Rosa stole gives her a voucher worth $10 drawn "on the quartermaster at Memphis" (91, 145). A military quartermaster is in charge of providing supplies to the forces.