Cover Image

Last of the blue and gray : old men, stolen glory, and the mystery that outlived the Civil War

"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 bedridd...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Serrano, Richard A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington DC : Smithsonian Books, 2013.
Subjects and Genres:
Woolson, Albert, > 1847-1956.
Williams, Walter Washington, > -1959.
Impostors and imposture > United States > Biography.
Veterans > United States > Biography.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
HISTORY / Military / United States.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Centennial celebrations, etc.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 Two Old Soldiers
  • 2 Reunion
  • 3 Old Age and Stolen Valor
  • 4 Albert Woolson
  • 5 Walter Williams
  • 6 Old Men in Blue
  • 7 Old Men in Gray
  • 8 Centennial
  • 9 Last in Blue
  • 10 Debunked?
  • 11 In His Memory-Clouded Mind
  • 12 Last in Gray
  • 13 Of the Dead, Speak No Evil
  • Postscript
  • Sources
  • Index.

Need Help?

Search Tips Research By Mail Contact the Library

Similar Items