The Hamlet, 32 (Event)

Text: 
Page Number: 
32
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
"There was that business during the War. When
Page Event Ends: 
32
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1861 to Sunday, April 9, 1865
Notes: 

Narrative Unit: "Fool about a Horse"
I'm assuming that this period takes place on his Holland farm.
Checked 12/26/2016 JB

Summary: 

Ratliff tells the men how Ab was "soured" by being shot during the Civil War. When Ratliff told this story a few pages earlier, he says Ab was shot by "Colonel John Sartoris his self" while trying to steal Sartoris' stallion (18), but in this vaguer account, he says Ab was shot by "somebody that never even owned the horses" he was trying to steal (32). (This event is also recounted in "Barn Burning" and The Town; in the first, it's specifically a "provost man" who shoots Ab, and in the second, a "picket," the soldier who would have been standing guard over the horses. No text gives any indication where this event took place.)

Chronological Order: 
4.00
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Keywords: 
Action: Maiming; Themes: Violence, Disability; Environment: Dusk
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