A Diary from Dixie

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Discover a piece of history with this digital edition eBook of 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, by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Myrta Lockett Avary, and Isabella D. Martin. Restored with care and true to the original work, this work has been deemed culturally important by scholars and is a fundamental part of our civilization's knowledge base. Pick up your copy today.

Genres: United States – History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Personal narratives, Confederate, Southern States – Biography, Chesnut, Mary Boykin, 1823-1886 – Diaries, Confederate States of America – History – Sources