Unnamed Confederate Veterans 4

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1039
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Unnamed Confederate Veterans 4
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Unnamed Confederate Veterans 4
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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In Requiem for a Nun, the ceremony at the unveiling of Jefferson's Confederate monument in 1900 includes the firing of a salute and a somewhat diminished version of the famed 'rebel yell' performed by the town's surviving veterans of the Civil War, "old men in the gray and braided coats" of officers - since they have apparently promoted themselves over the passing years (188).