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Mary Boykin Chesnut

Mary Boykin Chesnut wearing a dark dress with a crossed white collar.

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.

Resources
Documenting the American South - Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut
SC Department of Archives and History - Chesnut Cottage
SC Department of Archives and History - Mulberry Plantation
South Carolina Hall of Fame - Mary Boykin Chesnut
Project Gutenberg - A Diary from Dixie
Discus Resources
Gale in Context: Biography
Britannica School Middle
Bloom's Literature
NoveList
Britannica Moderna

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