num_pages: 424
description: 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.
language: English
title: Mary Chesnut: A Diary From Dixie
titlecomplete: Mary Chesnut: A Diary From Dixie
characters: Mary Boykin Chesnut
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Civil War, Memoir, Nonfiction, American History, Biography Memoir, American Civil War, History
ratings_count: 1246
publisher: Gramercy