Last of the blue and gray: old men, stolen glory, and the mystery that outlived the Civil War
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Washington DC : Random House Inc, 2013., Smithsonian Books, 2013.
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Book
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222 pages ; 24 cm
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Description
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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Guilford Adult Non-Fiction
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Impostors and imposture -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.
Veterans -- United States -- Biography.
Williams, Walter Washington, -- -1959.
Woolson, Albert, -- 1850-1956.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.
Veterans -- United States -- Biography.
Williams, Walter Washington, -- -1959.
Woolson, Albert, -- 1850-1956.
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Street Date:
1310
Language:
English
ISBN:
1588343952, 9781588343956
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Serrano, R. A. (2013). Last of the blue and gray: old men, stolen glory, and the mystery that outlived the Civil War. Washington DC, Random House Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Serrano, Richard A. 2013. Last of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War. Washington DC, Random House Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Serrano, Richard A, Last of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War. Washington DC, Random House Inc, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Serrano, Richard A. Last of the Blue and Gray: Old Men, Stolen Glory, and the Mystery That Outlived the Civil War. Washington DC, Random House Inc, 2013.
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