by Mary Boykin Chesnut
appears in Civil War, History, and Nonfiction.
Mary Chesnut kept her diary from early in 1861, just before the Civil War began, to shortly after the end of the war, in 1865. Though not a daybyday account of the conflict, the diary gives an upcloseandpersonal view of this critical period in American history. Her commentary on the conversations and events of her day reveals a keen awareness ...
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