General William Barksdale
Character Key Number:
1436
Display Name:
General William Barksdale
Sort Name:
Barksdale, General William
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The historical figure William Barksdale, mentioned in The Unvanquished, was born in Tennessee but was serving as Congressman from Mississippi at the start of the Civil War. He resigned that office to fight for the Confederacy. He participated in many battles in Virginia and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.