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From: Eileen Irwin <>
Subject: Re: civil war widow
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:19:22 -0700


First of all, "The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All" is a work
of FICTION written by Allan Gurganus, published by Knopf, New York,
1989.
It is 718 pages.

Second, the TV mini-series starred Diane LANE not Jennifer Jason-Leigh
as the main character.

Third, as for your husbands great grandparents, 1957 was NOT over 100
years after the end of the Civil War, it wasn't even 100 years after the
begining of the Civil War. The Civil War was 1861-1865.

Eileen

THOMnDIANE DeMore wrote:
>
> One Samuel A Ridgway married at age 44 in 1888 Mary Lear age 16. They
> had 6 children. He died in 1907 at age 63, she died in 1957, age 86. My
> husbands great grandparents.
>
> I believe the title of that book, well at least the movie (starring
> Jennifer Jason-Leigh and Donald Sutherland) is "The Last Confederate
> Widow"
>
> Diane DeMore
> Rootsweb List Administrator - SHOVER & CRISPIN
>
> Personal WebPage
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/9747/index.html

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