Mary Boykin Chesnut Books
Mary Chesnut's Diary
An unrivalled account of the American Civil War from the Confederate perspective. One of the most compelling personal narratives of the Civil War, Mary Chesnut's Diary was written between 1861 an...
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A Diary From Dixie
This diary is the most famous single source of information about the heroic, tragic, and romantic life of the women at home under the Stars and Bars.
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A diary from Dixie
In her diary, Mary Boykin Chesnut, the wife of a Confederate general and aid to president Jefferson Davis, James Chestnut, Jr., presents an eyewitness account of the Civil War.
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Two novels
"As the well-educated and socially skilled wife of a prominent Confederate, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823-86) was ideally situated - and intellectually equipped - to record the narrative of dail...
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