8 thoughts on “ The Last Confederate Widow ”

1. May 01,  · With Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Amber Brooke, Cicely Tyson. The movie, adapted from Allan Gurganus' book of the same name, chronicles the life of Lucy Marsden, a ninety-nine-year-old North Carolina woman who, at the age of fourteen, married a fifty-year-old Confederate veteran of the Civil War and bore nine children (reduced to six for television)/10(7).

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2. Jun 01,  · The last widow of a Union veteran of the Civil War, Gertrude Janeway, died in January at her home in Tennessee. She was 93 and had married a veteran, John Janeway, when she was

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3. Experience the extraordinary tale of Lucy Marsden, who in at the age of 99 became the nation's oldest living widow of a confederate soldier. This is her dramatic story told in her own words through flashbacks and reminiscences. Spanning almost a century, Lucy's portrayal of American society is a truly breathtaking masterpiece/5().

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4. Oct 01,  · Allan Gurganus's Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and readers alike fell in love with the voice of ninety-nine-year-old Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heoines in American literature/5.

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5. The main character, the oldest living confederate widow, tells many tales to a young reporter with humor, intelligence, and compassion. The 'sex and violence' is in the form of recollecting the past--a Civil War--a year-old bride--a terrible hunting accident-- so it's Cited by: 6.

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7. Jun 10,  · The last surviving Civil War veteran died in at the age of , according to the VA. The last Civil War widow died in at the age of Looking to buy a car?

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8. Aug 31,  · Imagine, someone still getting a government pension for Civil War service, more than years after the last shot was fired. You don't have to imagine it, anymore.

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