Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

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.

• Diane LaneLucy Honicut Marsden
• Donald SutherlandWilliam Marsden
• Cicely TysonCastalia
• Anne BancroftOld Lucy Marsden
• Blythe DannerBianca Honicut
• E.G. MarshallProfessor Taw
• Gwen VerdonEtta Pell