Submitted by sperkins@stanfo... on Thu, 2015-03-26 19:43
John Sartoris is here seen through the eyes of his son, Bayard. As such, he appears as a larger than life figure who raised a regiment and came "within spitting distance" (21) of Washington D.C. while fighting with Stonewall Jackson in Virginia. In the second year of the War, the "politicians and fools" in his regiment voted another man into command (21). Since then he has returned to Mississippi and, with his troop of irregular Confederates, has been harassing and fighting the Union army in that area. When it's necessary, he can take the Yankees on single-handedly too.
