"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek", 677 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2017-06-27 11:08
Text: 
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek"
Location: 
Sartoris Plantation Privy in "My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek" (Location)
Page Number: 
677
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
but it wasn't a bit louder than Granny's. "There's
Page Event Ends: 
677
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Philip St-Just Backhouse
Cousin Melisandre
Rosa Millard
Bayard Sartoris
Unnamed Union Soldiers(3)
Characters Mentioned: 
John Sartoris
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, April 28, 1862
Summary: 

The Yankees demolish the privy, revealing Melisandre sitting "in the spread of her hoops" (i.e. her hoop skirt), before being chased away by Philip (677). Ab Snopes says "I tried to tell you" this would happen (677).

Chronological Order: 
23.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
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Environment:
Domestic Space›Outhouse
Actions:
Physical›Searching | Verbal›Shouting

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