"Retreat", 33 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
33
Order within Page:
2
First 8-10 words of event:
Even at six o'clock it was still hot; the rosin
Page Event Ends:
33
Era:
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Thursday, July 9, 1863 to Monday, August 31, 1863
Notes:
While John, Bayard, and Ringo are sitting on the porch they spot approaching Union soldiers. Sartoris quietly makes his way through the house while Ringo and Bayard go around back to ready Jupiter, the horse. Just as Ringo and Bayard are trying to saddle the horse a Yankee soldier comes charging down the hill. Colonel Sartoris jumps on the horse's bare back, they charge through the barn's half doors with "broken planks whirling and spinning around them when they went out of sight" (34).
Summary:
In the evening the people at Sartoris see "about fifty" Yankees riding toward Sartoris. The Colonel hurriedly invents a plan to elude them.
Chronological Order:
55.30
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Escape
Cultural Issues:
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