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by Mary Boykin Chesnut from A Diary from Dixie. Mary Chesnut () was an upper class South Carolina woman. Her diary of the Civil War places the reader in the middle of the important people and events of that tragic conflict. Her diary is considered an important work, and a modern edition of her diary won the Pulitzer Prize for History.  · A diary from Dixie by Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller, ; Martin, Isabella D; Avary, Myrta Lockett. Publication date Topics Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller, , United States -- History Civil War, Personal narratives, Confederate, Confederate States of America -- History Sources, Southern States -- BiographyUser Interaction Count: 8K. By Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, A Diary from Dixie, as Written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, , and Afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army By Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut,

Mary Boykin Chesnut - Civil War Pulitzer Prize Winning Diary. Phyllis Doyle Burns has given Once Upon a History a marvelous and accurate story about a remarkable woman. Parts of Mary's diary were published in , and after further entries were discovered later on in the century, the diary went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for history in by Mary Boykin Chesnut from A Diary from Dixie This diary entry from a Confederate general's wife reflects her reaction to the news of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination in Born into an upper class South Carolina family, Mary Boykin Chesnut chronicled the Civil War through her eyes, and a modern edition of her diary was awarded the. A Diary From Dixie by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut. June 12th. —Andy, made lord of all by the madman, Booth, says, "Destruction only to the wealthy classes.". Better teach the negroes to stand alone before you break up all they leaned on, O Yankees! After all, the number who possess over $20, are very few.

By Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, A Diary from Dixie, as Written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, , and Afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army By Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, Chesnut, Mary Boykin, Editor: Avary, Myrta Lockett, Editor: Martin. A Diary from Dixie (), a historical memoir by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, describes the American Civil War from the perspective of a Confederate general’s wife. It explores, in detail, how the Civil War affected ordinary people and political influencers alike. Historians praise Chesnut for offering a unique perspective of the Civil War experience.