I should have realized there are lots of people still alive today whose fathers fought in the Civil War. The last Union widow died only in 2003. And I guess that site implies there is at least one Confederate widow still alive.
It's the 21st century and we still have the living reminders of the 1860s. I find that amazing.
A few weeks ago, one of my students used the phrase "Back in the 1900's..."
Posted by: zenpundit | May 26, 2009 at 01:03 AM