Unnamed Union Officer 2

Character Key Number: 
2220
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Unnamed Union Officer 2
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Unnamed Union Officer 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

According to the report that reaches the Hightower's house during the Civil War in Light in August, this "Yankee officer" shoots and kills Pomp, Gail Hightower's father's personal slave, "to protect his own life" when Pomp attacks him "with a shovel" (477).

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