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A Diary from Dixie

A Journal of the Confederacy, 1860-1865

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A Diary from Dixie is considered by many to be the most important work produced by a Confederate author. As a prominent hostess and popular guest in the highest circles of Confederate society, Mary Chesnut possessed an insider's perspective on many of the Civil War's major events, which she recorded in vivid journal entries. Her diary recounts the social life that struggled to continue in the ... Read more

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A Diary from Dixie is considered by many to be the most important work produced by a Confederate author. As a prominent hostess and popular guest in the highest circles of Confederate society, Mary Chesnut possessed an insider's perspective on many of the Civil War's major events, which she recorded in vivid journal entries. Her diary recounts the social life that struggled to continue in the
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A Diary from Dixie

A Journal of the Confederacy, 1860-1865

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Born into Southern aristocracy, Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823–86) married a rising star of the political scene who ultimately served as an aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. As a prominent hostess and popular guest in the highest circles of Confederate society, Chesnut possessed an insider's perspective on many of the Civil War's major events, which she recorded in vivid journal entries. ... Read more

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Born into Southern aristocracy, Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823–86) married a rising star of the political scene who ultimately served as an aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. As a prominent hostess and popular guest in the highest circles of Confederate society, Chesnut possessed an insider's perspective on many of the Civil War's major events, which she recorded in vivid journal entries.
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Mary Chesnut's Civil War

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The incomparable Civil War diarist Mary Chesnut wrote that she had the luck “always to stumble in on the real show.”Married to a high-ranking member of the Confederate government, she was ideally placed to watch and to record the South’s headlong plunge to ruin, and she left in her journals an unsurpassed account of the old regime’s death throes, its moment of high drama in world history.With ... Read more

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The incomparable Civil War diarist Mary Chesnut wrote that she had the luck “always to stumble in on the real show.”Married to a high-ranking member of the Confederate government, she was ideally placed to watch and to record the South’s headlong plunge to ruin, and she left in her journals an unsurpassed account of the old regime’s death throes, its moment of high drama in world history.With
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A Diary From Dixie

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A Diary from Dixie is the Civil War diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, society matron and wife of United States senator and Confederate general, James Chesnut, Jr. As an active participant in her husband’s career, accompanying him to postings in Montgomery, Richmond, Charleston, and Columbia, Chesnut became an eyewitness to many important events of the war, and, despite being a member of the privileged ... Read more

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A Diary from Dixie is the Civil War diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, society matron and wife of United States senator and Confederate general, James Chesnut, Jr. As an active participant in her husband’s career, accompanying him to postings in Montgomery, Richmond, Charleston, and Columbia, Chesnut became an eyewitness to many important events of the war, and, despite being a member of the privileged
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Mary Chesnuts Diary: A Diary From Dixie (Illustrated Edition)

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, born Mary Boykin Miller (March 31, 1823 November 22, 1886), was a South Carolina author best known for a book published as her Civil War diary, a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death struggle." She described the war from within her upper-class circles of Southern planter society, but encompassed all classes in her book. She was married to a lawyer ... Read more

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, born Mary Boykin Miller (March 31, 1823 November 22, 1886), was a South Carolina author best known for a book published as her Civil War diary, a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death struggle." She described the war from within her upper-class circles of Southern planter society, but encompassed all classes in her book. She was married to a lawyer
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Mary Chesnut's Diary

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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 and 1865. As the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and the wife of an aide to the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, Chesnut was well acquainted with the Confederacy's prominent players and-from the ... Read more

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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 and 1865. As the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and the wife of an aide to the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, Chesnut was well acquainted with the Confederacy's prominent players and-from the
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A Diary from Dixie: As Written by Mary Boykin Chesnut Wife of James Chesnut, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1859-1861 and an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army

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Charleston, S. C., November 8, 1860.—Yesterday on the train, just before we reached Fernandina, a woman called out: “That settles the hash.” Tanny touched me on the shoulder and said: “Lincoln’s elected.” “How do you know?” “The man over there has a telegram.” The excitement was very great. Everybody was talking at the same time. One, a little more moved than the others, stood up and said ... Read more

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Charleston, S. C., November 8, 1860.—Yesterday on the train, just before we reached Fernandina, a woman called out: “That settles the hash.” Tanny touched me on the shoulder and said: “Lincoln’s elected.” “How do you know?” “The man over there has a telegram.” The excitement was very great. Everybody was talking at the same time. One, a little more moved than the others, stood up and said
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Mary Chesnut's Diary

by Mary Boykin Chesnut ...

"Mary Chestnut's Diary" is a vivid first hand narrative of the Civil War. Written between 1861 and 1865, Mary Chestnut (1823-1886) was married to James Chestnut, Jr., an important Confederate general. Her diaries offer some of our most detailed and personal accounts of one of America's most troubling and conflicted eras. The diary spans the entirety of the war, allowing readers to witness battles ... Read more

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"Mary Chestnut's Diary" is a vivid first hand narrative of the Civil War. Written between 1861 and 1865, Mary Chestnut (1823-1886) was married to James Chestnut, Jr., an important Confederate general. Her diaries offer some of our most detailed and personal accounts of one of America's most troubling and conflicted eras. The diary spans the entirety of the war, allowing readers to witness battles
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A Diary from Dixie

by Mary Boykin Chesnut ...

“A Diary From Dixie” is Mary Boykin Chesnut’s celebrated firsthand account of life in the Confederate South during the Civil War years of 1861-1865. Chesnut, the wife of a Confederate Senator and Brigadier General described the life of an upper-class planter society confronting the encroaching realities of the end of slavery and her peers’ way of life. Full of important personages and eminently ... Read more

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“A Diary From Dixie” is Mary Boykin Chesnut’s celebrated firsthand account of life in the Confederate South during the Civil War years of 1861-1865. Chesnut, the wife of a Confederate Senator and Brigadier General described the life of an upper-class planter society confronting the encroaching realities of the end of slavery and her peers’ way of life. Full of important personages and eminently
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A Diary from Dixie

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These are the memoirs of the wife of Confederate General James Chesnut, Jr., who was an advisor to President Jefferson Davis. It is a fascinating account of all the years of the American Civil War. It focuses on the daily lives and adversities of all who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political elite. Mary Chesnut's prose has lost none of its ... Read more

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These are the memoirs of the wife of Confederate General James Chesnut, Jr., who was an advisor to President Jefferson Davis. It is a fascinating account of all the years of the American Civil War. It focuses on the daily lives and adversities of all who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political elite. Mary Chesnut's prose has lost none of its
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A Diary from Dixie (UNABRIDGED)

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Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during the Civil War. Mrs. Chesnut moved in elite circles of Southern society and had a keen interest in politics. Her diary is both an important historical document and, because of her sharp wit and often irreverent attitude, a fascinating window into Southern society ... Read more

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Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during the Civil War. Mrs. Chesnut moved in elite circles of Southern society and had a keen interest in politics. Her diary is both an important historical document and, because of her sharp wit and often irreverent attitude, a fascinating window into Southern society
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A Diary from Dixie

by Mary Boykin Chesnut ...

"A Diary from Dixie" is a remarkable firsthand account of the American Civil War, penned by Mary Boykin Chesnut, a Southern woman who provides a unique perspective on the tumultuous events of the era. Through her detailed entries, Chesnut captures the complexities of life in the South, the struggles of her family, and the societal changes brought about by the war. Her observations reveal the ... Read more

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"A Diary from Dixie" is a remarkable firsthand account of the American Civil War, penned by Mary Boykin Chesnut, a Southern woman who provides a unique perspective on the tumultuous events of the era. Through her detailed entries, Chesnut captures the complexities of life in the South, the struggles of her family, and the societal changes brought about by the war. Her observations reveal the
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