Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All is a 1994 American television miniseries written by Joyce Eliason and based on the 1989 novel by Allan Gurganus. It was directed by Ken Cameron and starred Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson and Anne Bancroft.
The miniseries won several Emmy Awards, including an Outstanding Supporting Actress award to Cicely Tyson.[1] This miniseries was first aired in two parts on CBS on May 1 and 3, 1994.[2]
On her 99th birthday, Lucy Honicut Marsden (Anne Bancroft) recalls her life as the 14-year-old bride of a veteran of the American Civil War.