Unnamed Confederate Leaders

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2020-02-19 09:31
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Unnamed Confederate Leaders
Display Name: 
Unnamed Confederate Leaders
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Confederate Leaders
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
First Mentioned: 
Road to the Delta in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Delta Autumn"
Biography: 

Ike McCaslin refers to the men who led the Confederacy in the Civil War as the "group of men . . . inside" the U.S. who "tried to tear the country in two with a war" (322). He calls these men "better men" than "Hitler" "or Roosevelt or Wilkie," but seems glad that "they failed" (269, 322).

Individual or Group: 
Group
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