Catherine Clinton

Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut

An unrivalled account of the American Civil War from the Confederate perspective. Documenting the period between 1861 and 1865, Mary Chesnut's Diaryis widely considered to be one of the most compelling personal narratives of the Civil War. 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 very first shots in Charleston, South Carolina-diligently recorded her impressions of the conflict's most significant moments. Written with urgency and surprising nuance, Mary Chesnut's Diaryis an epic rich with commentary on race, status, and power within a nation divided. 'A great epic drama of our greatest national tragedy.' - William Styron Introduction by CATHERINE CLINTON

Mary Chesnut's Diary

Ben Ames Williams

A Diary From Dixie

This book is the author's Civil War diary from February 18, 1861, to June 26, 1865. She was an eyewitness to many historic events as she accompanied her husband to significant sites of the Civil War.

A Diary from Dixie

One of the most important documents in southern history, this is a day-by-day diary of the Civil War years. It rings with authenticity while evoking the nostalgia, bitterness, and comedy of the Confederacy. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

An authorized account of the Civil War, drawn from the diaries of a Southern aristocrat, records the disintegration and final destruction of the Confederacy.

Mary Chesnut's Civil War

A Diary from Dixie is a book by an American writer, who was born in a famous slave-owning state, South Caroline, Mary Boykin Chesnut. Basically, this book is a specific chronicle of the Civil War that was described from within her circle of society. Secretly from her husband, Mary Chestnut was against slavery and sympathized the North American abolitionists. In 1982 the annotated edition of the Diary won the Pulitzer Prize for History.

Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut

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