A Diary From Dixie
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A Diary From Dixie

  1. 342 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Diary From Dixie

About this book

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 class, managed to convey the Confederacy's struggle from different points of view.

A Diary from Dixie is considered by many to be the most important work produced by a Confederate author. Filmmaker Ken Burns made extensive use of Chesnut's diary in his documentary series The Civil War, and an annotated version of it, published by the historian C. Vann Woodward as Mary Chesnut's Civil War, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1982.

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Information

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781443428910
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Introduction—The Author and Her Book
  3. Chapter I—Charleston, S.C.—November 8, 1860–December 27, 1860
  4. Chapter II—Montgomery, Ala.—February 19, 1861–March 11, 1861
  5. Chapter III—Charleston, S.C.—March 26, 1861–April 15, 1861
  6. Chapter IV—Camden, S.C.—April 20, 1861–April 22, 1861
  7. Chapter V—Montgomery, Ala.—April 27, 1861–May 20, 1861
  8. Chapter VI—Charleston, S.C.—May 25, 1861–June 24, 1861
  9. Chapter VII—Richmond, Va.—June 27, 1861–July 4, 1861
  10. Chapter VIII—Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, Va.—July 6, 1861–July 11, 1861
  11. Chapter IX—Richmond, Va.—July 13, 1861–September 2, 1861
  12. Chapter X—Camden, S.C.—September 9, 1861–September 19, 1861
  13. Chapter XI—Columbia, S.C.—February 20, 1862–July 21, 1862
  14. Chapter XII—Flat Rock, N. C.—August 1, 1862–August 8, 1862
  15. Chapter XIII—Portland, Ala.—July 8, 1863–July 30, 1863
  16. Chapter XIV—Richmond, Va.—August 10, 1863–September 7, 1863
  17. Chapter XV—Camden, S.C.—September 10, 1863–November 5, 1863
  18. Chapter XVI—Richmond, Va.—November 28, 1863–April 11, 1864
  19. Chapter XVII—Camden, S.C.—May 8, 1864–June 1, 1864
  20. Chapter XVIII—Columbia, S.C.—July 6, 1864–January 17, 1865
  21. Chapter XIX—Lincolnton, N. C.—February 16, 1865–March 15, 1865
  22. Chapter XX—Chester, S.C.—March 21, 1865–May 1, 1865
  23. Chapter XXI—Camden, S.C.—May 2, 1865–August 2, 1865
  24. About the Author
  25. About the Series
  26. Copyright
  27. About the Publisher