Earl Van Dorn
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Earl Van Dorn
Sort Name:
Van Dorn, Earl
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Confederate General
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Sunday, September 17, 1820
Cause of Death:
Murder
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Biography:
Earl Van Dorn was a Major General who led Confederate forces during much of the fighting in Mississippi until he was murdered on May 7, 1863, by a man claiming that Van Dorn had carried on an affair with his wife. The Grier narrator notes that his great-grandfather would holler "Van Dorn," among other names, while dozing "in his chair under the mulberry in the yard or on the sunny end of the front gallery or in his corner by the hearth" (112).
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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