A Diary From Dixie
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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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Customer Reviews
Good Window Into The South
Some of this diary is disjointed and plodding. As the war nears its end though, it gets increasingly interesting. Mary Chesnut did not support slavery, yet she was fierce in her belief that the South's cause was just, that the South was a reluctant bride, and that she not be forced to the altar. It is fascinating to read the observations of a high bred Southern woman who considers herself and her family decent and kind, even amid slavery, and the Yankees barbarous and cruel. It is a book worth reading, but be prepared to plod through some parts of it.