General Earl Van Dorn
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Character Key:
Display Name:
General 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
Other Texts:
Biography:
Earl Van Dorn was an historical figure, a Confederate general whose successful attack on U.S. Grant's military supplies at Holly Springs, Mississippi (December 20, 1862), was adapted in the novel to Jefferson, where it becomes the event in which Reverend Hightower's grandfather is killed.
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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