| Description |
xxii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Complete and uncut facsimile of the original 1905 edition ... Only the titlepage and halftitle have been updated."--Title page verso. |
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Reprint. Originally published: New York ; D. Appleton, 1905. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
1860. Charleston (Dec) -- 1861. Montgomery (Feb) -- Charleston (Mar) -- Camden (Apr) -- Montgomery (Apr/May) - - Charleston (May) -- Richmond (June) -- Fauquier, White Sulphur Springs (Jul) -- Richmond (Aug) -- 1862. Columbia (Feb-Jul) -- Flat Rock (Aug) -- 1863. Portland, AL (Jul) -- Richmond (Aug) -- Camden (Sep) -- Richmond (Nov - Apr) -- 1864. Camden (May/Jun) -- Columbia (Jul-Jan) -- 1865. Lincolnton, NC (Feb) -- Chester, SC (Mar-Apr -- Camden (May-Aug). |
| Summary |
"This original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chestnut, Jr., who was also an aide to President Jefferson Davis, provides an eyewitness narrative of all the years of the war. Period photographs illustrate this you-are-there account of the daily lives and tribulations of all who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political figures."--Publisher's description. |
| WC Note |
Gift of Michael Garabedian (class of 1998). |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Confederate States of America -- History -- Sources.
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Southern States -- Biography.
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| Alt Author |
Martin, Isabella D.
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Avary, Myrta Lockett.
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Chestnut, Mary Boykin Miller, 1823-1886.
Diary from Dixie.
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| ISBN |
0517182661
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9780517182666
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