Confederates in the Attic
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Confederates in the Attic is a non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Horwitz. Horwitz explores his deep interest in the American Civil War and investigates the ties in the United Stat
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At least four widows of veterans of the American Civil War are known to have survived into the 21st century. All were born in the 20th century and married their husbands while the women were still you
Confederates in the Attic
…journey to various battle sites in Virginia and Maryland, remaining in authentic uniform and sleeping on the battlefields An off-and-on chat with Alberta Martin, believed at the time to be the last surviving widow of a Confederate soldier. Confederate heritage in Selma, Alabama…
Helen Viola Jackson in 1955, in costume for the Webster County Centennial
Maudie Hopkins in 2004
William Cantrell and his wife Maudie (later Hopkins) in 1936. Their ages, about 88 and 21.