Last of the blue and gray: old men, stolen glory, and the mystery that outlived the Civil War
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In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota, hospital, his memories as a Yankee drummer boy slowly dimming. Walter Williams, at 117, blind and deaf and bedridden in his daughter's home in Houston, Texas, no longer could tell of his time as a Confederate forage master. The last of the Blue and the Gray were drifting away; an era was ending. Unknown to the public, centennial officials, and the White House too, one of these men was indeed a veteran of that horrible conflict and one, according to the best evidence, nothing but a fraud. One was a soldier. The other had been living a great, big lie.
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Subjects
Centennial celebrations, etc
History
Impostors and imposture
Impostors and imposture -- United States -- Biography
Nineteenth century
United States -- History
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans
Veterans
Veterans -- United States -- Biography
Williams, Walter Washington
Williams, Walter Washington, -- -1959
Woolson, Albert
Woolson, Albert, -- 1850-1956
History
Impostors and imposture
Impostors and imposture -- United States -- Biography
Nineteenth century
United States -- History
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans
Veterans
Veterans -- United States -- Biography
Williams, Walter Washington
Williams, Walter Washington, -- -1959
Woolson, Albert
Woolson, Albert, -- 1850-1956
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Veterans -- United States -- Biography
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc
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Last of the blue and gray : old men, stolen glory, and the mystery that outlived the Civil War
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Last of the blue and gray : old men, stolen glory, and the mystery that outlived the Civil War / Richard A. Serrano
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History
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