Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Overview

Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper.

Seasons

Miniseries

2 episodes

Cast

Diane Lane

Lucy Honicut Marsden

Donald Sutherland

William Marsden

Cicely Tyson

Castalia

Anne Bancroft

Old Lucy Marsden

Blythe Danner

Bianca Honicut

E.G. Marshall

Professor Taw

Gwen Verdon

Etta Pell