![Mary Boykin Chesnut wearing a dark dress with a crossed white collar.](/sites/default/files/2021-05/Mary%20Chesnut%20640x480.png)
Mary Boykin Chesnut. Wikimedia Commons.
(1823-1886) Born near Statesburg, SC, Mary Boykin Chesnut was married to an aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and she kept a famous diary vividly describing events during the Civil War.
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