Mary Chesnut's Diary
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Mary Boykin Chesnut
Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823–1886), was a South Carolina author best known for her Civil War diary, “A Diary From Dixie”. Describing the war from within the upper-class circles of Southern planter society she mostly traveled in, she included all classes of Southern life in her writings. Married to a pro-slavery lawyer who served as a United States senator and Confederate officer, Mary secretly held anti-slavery views. Though Chesnut edited her extensive diary from 1881–1884 to focus on the Civil War years, it was not published until 19 years after her death in 1905. Literary critics have praised Chesnut's diary as a masterpiece of the genre and the most important work by a Confederate author.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mary Chesnut was a South Carolina socialite who was friends with the leaders of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Her war diary tells of her personal feelings and experiences as she survives one of the greatest upheavals in American history. A cast of characters, many unknown to history and some famous, such as John Bell Hood and Jefferson and Verina Davis pass in and out of her recollections. It is important to note that this was a personal diary. So not a lot of explanation is given for the numerous people that are mentioned in it. My copy had helpful footnotes that explained who some of them were or moments of historical significance that are mentioned. Mary Chesnut's diary is a fascinating read, but probably best enjoyed by those who already have studied the Civil War and the general history of America during the middle nineteenth century.