Unnamed Confederate Cavalry Officer

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1262
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Unnamed Confederate Cavalry Officer
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Unnamed Confederate Cavalry Officer
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "Retreat" and again in The Unvanquished this is the officer in command of the Confederate cavalrymen who warns Granny that she should turn back because "the roads ahead are full of Yankee patrols" (24, 56). He apologizes for saying "hell" in her presence, and is chivalrous enough to offer her "an escort" when she insists on going on (24, 56).