James Chesnut, Jr. (January 18, 1815 - February 1, 1885) of Camden, South Carolina, was a United States Senator, a signatory of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and a Confederate Army officer. His wife was the well known Mary Chesnut, whose diary reveals valuable observations of Southern life in the American Civil War. Chesnut was a wealthy Southern planter, a defender of slavery, and a staunch secessionist. Wikipedia
Bibliography American National Biography ; Dictionary of American Biography ; Chesnut, Mary B. Mary Chesnuts Civil War . Edited by C. Vann Woodward. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000348/
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