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. Directed by Ken Cameron, it stars Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson, and Anne Bancroft. On her 99th birthday, Lucy Marsden recalls her life as the 14-year-old bride of a Civil War veteran.