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Civil War Widows

Daisy Anderson and Alberta Martin are Civil War widows. Both were in their early 20's when they married octagenarian veterans. Daisy's husband was an ex-slave who fought for the Union; Alberta's man fought for the confederacy. Producer Joe Richman has a portrait of two women reflecting on history and looking back at their lives on the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

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