Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (March 31, 1823 - November 22, 1886) was a South Carolina woman famous for keeping an extremely detailed diary describing the American Civil War. She was born in Statesburg, South Carolina, to Mary Boykin and Stephen Decatur Miller, who had been a U.S. Senator and governor of South Carolina. On April 23, 1840, she married James Chesnut, Jr., who was elected to the Senate in 1850. Wikipedia
It is titled: Mary Chesnut's Civil War. So valuable a work it is, it was the winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize in History. www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1012.html
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A Diary from Dixie, as Written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and Afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army. by Mary Boykin Miller Chesn docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/chesnut/menu.html
