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Civil War Widows

#19th century, #20th century, #black history, #civil war, #History, #obituary, #radio diaries, #radiotopia, #slavery, #women's history

A woman who died in 1998 was married to a man who was born a slave and fought in the civil war in the union army.

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here is her obit in the New York times

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/26/us/daisy-anderson-97-widow-of-former-slave-and-union-soldier.html

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