A diary from Dixie : the Civil War's most celebrated journal, written 1860-1865 by the wife of James Chesnut, Jr., an aide to President Jefferson Davis and a brigadier-general in the Confederate Army / Mary Chesnut ; a facsimile of the 1905 edition edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary.
By: Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller
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Contributor(s): Martin, Isabella D | Avary, Myrta Lockett.
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TextPublisher: New York : Gramercy Books, c1997Description: xxii, 424 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0517182661:.Subject(s): Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller, 1823-1886 -- Diaries | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate | Confederate States of America -- History -- Sources | Southern States -- Biography
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
"Complete and uncut facsimile of the original 1905 edition ... Only the titlepage and halftitle have been updated."--T.p. verso.
Reprint. Originally published: New York ; D. Appleton, 1905.
Includes index.
