[Gutenberg 60908] • A Diary from Dixie / As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army
![[Gutenberg 60908] • A Diary from Dixie / As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army](/cover/evcEwPewVmwLCn_3/big/[Gutenberg%2060908]%20%e2%80%a2%20A%20Diary%20from%20Dixie%20/%20As%20written%20by%20Mary%20Boykin%20Chesnut,%20wife%20of%20James%20Chesnut,%20Jr.,%20United%20States%20Senator%20from%20South%20Carolina,%201859-1861,%20and%20afterward%20an%20Aide%20to%20Jefferson%20Davis%20and%20a%20Brigadier-General%20in%20the%20Confederate%20Army.jpg)
- Authors
- Chesnut, Mary Boykin
- Publisher
- Gramercy
- Tags
- 1823-1886 -- diaries , confederate states of america -- history -- sources , southern states -- biography , 1861-1865 -- personal narratives , confederate , biography , history , chesnut , united states -- history -- civil war , mary boykin
- ISBN
- 9780517182666
- Date
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.45 MB
- Lang
- en
This original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chestnut, Jr., who was also an aide to President Jefferson Davis, provides an eyewitness narrative of all the years of the war. Period photographs illustrate this you-are-there account of the daily lives and tribulations of all who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political figures.