Confederates (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Keneally
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1862
- Setting: Virginia, Maryland, and North and South Carolina
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Civil War, Death or dying, Military life or service, Soldiers, Confederate States of America
- Locales: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland
Characters Discussed
Usaph Bumpass, a Confederate soldier serving in the regiment of the Shenandoah Volunteers. Malnourished, bedraggled Usaph is a veteran of the war at the age of twenty- three. A poorly educated farmer, he is secretly envious of his two educated friends, Danny Blalock, a schoolmaster, and Gus Ramseur, a music teacher. Usaph constantly worries about the danger of his lovely wife feeling lonely on their farm and being unfaithful to him. When he receives a letter from her, delivered by Decatur Cate, he is sure that Ephie and Cate are lovers.
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