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.

CAST

Diane LaneLucy Honicut Marsden

Donald SutherlandWilliam Marsden

Cicely TysonCastalia

Anne BancroftOld Lucy Marsden

Blythe DannerBianca Honicut

E.G. MarshallProfessor Taw

Gwen VerdonEtta Pell