Texas
01:14:41 Ext. of wooden low house. Walter Williams, claimed last survivor of Civil War, poses w/ woman & daughters on porch. Birthday cake of 112th birthday & holds knife to cut cake.
01:14:58 Flag at half mast on building roof.
01:15:02 Line of people waiting to pass open coffin w/ military guard. MS of Williams in coffin. CU tombstone. Cemetery & crowd at burial. US military honor guard holding Confederate flag over coffin. MS many wreaths of flowers. Honor guard firing rifle salute.
1959; Hoax; Obituary; Oddities;
NOTE: Birth date found to be 1854 which made him only eight at time of end of Civil War. His claims were exposed in 1959 & likely date of birth further verified in 1991 article.
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Texas 01:14:41 Ext. of wooden low house. Walter Williams, claimed last survivor of Civil War, poses w/ woman & daughters on porch. Birthday cake of 112th birthday & holds knife to cut cake. 01:14:58 Flag at half mast on building roof. 01:15:02 Line of people waiting to pass open coffin w/ military guard. MS of Williams in coffin. CU tombstone. Cemetery & crowd at burial. US military honor guard holding Confederate flag over coffin. MS many wreaths of flowers. Honor guard firing rifle salute. 1959; Hoax; Obituary; Oddities; NOTE: Birth date found to be 1854 which made him only eight at time of end of Civil War. His claims were exposed in 1959 & likely date of birth further verified in 1991 article.