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Last widow of Civil War Vet dies
AP via Guardian (UK) ^
| 5/31/04
| Philip Rawls
Posted on 05/31/2004 1:03:21 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
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To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:07:17 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("D'oh!...I filled my pants, sir...In fact, I think I filled yours too.")
To: WinOne4TheGipper
"They were married on Dec. 10, 1927, and 10 months later had a son, William."Apparently, the South did rise again.
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:10:39 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
To: WinOne4TheGipper
If you are a Civil War buff like I am, you can buy VHS tapes of the last gatherings of the men in BLUE AND GRAY. I have one, plus a wonderful recording (double album) of their music of the time. Believe it was released by Columbis Records years ago, and probably available through researching some sources. If interested, I have an old brochure that came with the tape. Send me a message, and I will respond.
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:21:44 PM PDT
by
kaycee
To: WinOne4TheGipper
"Her younger son, Willie Martin, lives in Elba."
Other than Willie, are there any other surviving children of Civil War veterans?
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:30:00 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
Argh! Did I mess up the link? Sorry...
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:32:52 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Third parties serve only to kill what they claim to promote and promote what they claim to oppose.)
To: AuH2ORepublican
I don't know, but that'd be an interesting bit of information.
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:34:03 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Third parties serve only to kill what they claim to promote and promote what they claim to oppose.)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
Thanks for posting this. I remember just a few months ago, someone posted an article about this lady's existence (I'd link to it, except I'm not capable without my morning coffee!)
May the dear lady rest in peace...
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:49:54 PM PDT
by
KangarooJacqui
(Australian by birth, American by marriage, and conservative by God.)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
Two months later, Alberta Martin married her late husband's grandson, Charlie Martin.
kind of freaky...
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:49:59 PM PDT
by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
A while back, there was a book, later made into a movie:
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All". I was told it was a passable work of historical fiction.
Can any of the buffs hereabouts confirm?
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:53:06 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(It's not Bush's fault - It's THE MEDIA'S fault!)
To: KangarooJacqui
I remeber hearing about her, too.
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posted on
05/31/2004 2:05:03 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Third parties serve only to kill what they claim to promote and promote what they claim to oppose.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican
The Wall St Journal had a page one story on this just last week. There are quite a few children of Civil War vets. Of course, "quite a few" is a relative term!
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posted on
05/31/2004 2:37:54 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
To: Cronos
Two months later, Alberta Martin married her late husband's grandson, Charlie Martin. kind of freaky...
In the South, not all family trees fork.
At least there was no child, or the two siblings would one have been the son of a Confederate Veteran and the other the great-grandson of the same veteran.
So9
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posted on
05/31/2004 2:43:06 PM PDT
by
Servant of the 9
(Screwing the Inscrutable or is it Scruting the Inscrewable?)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
So I guess we can stop paying Veterans benefits on the Civil War now. (Wars are expensive!)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
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posted on
05/31/2004 2:48:03 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
To: kaycee
Why is it that Southern Americans are the most patriotic to the Union seeing as it was the Union that killed so many and destroyed so much stuff of their ancestors? In Scotland for example the grudge is still held for England and only royal union brought those nations together-barely.
What does it for the South? Is it that they were broken by the Civil War and developed the "Stockholm syndrome"? Is loyalty for institutions an inherit trait of Southern society but after the Civil War this trait was applied to the Union out of default i.e. Southerners have a need to be loyal and patriotic and they had no nation to be patriotic about but to the one that conquered them??
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posted on
05/31/2004 2:49:47 PM PDT
by
Destro
(Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
To: Servant of the 9
Note that Charlie was William's stepfather and also his nephew.
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posted on
05/31/2004 2:52:39 PM PDT
by
Amelia
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