An authorized account of the Civil War, drawn from the diaries of a Southern aristocrat, records the disintegration and final destruction of the Confederacy

Mary Chesnut's Civil War

Biographies & Memoirs

Chesnut, Mary

Historical

Yale University Press

“A feast for Civil War buffs…. One of the best firsthand records of the Confederate experience…. Electrifying.”―Walter Clemons, Newsweek “Here is a book to curl up with over a whole lifetime―to read and reread, to ponder and savor.”―Selma R. Williams, The Boston Globe “A painfully brilliant record of our old America at daggers drawn…. Mary Chestnut’s wit and shrewdness, her fierce abhorrence of slavery, her feminist ambitions, maker her observations peculiarly modern… C. Vann Woodward’s editing… is exemplary…. He has reacquainted us with a remarkable woman; and she has reacquainted us with the living past.”―Andrew Klavan, Saturday Review “Here is the rich and full context, as the author herself recreated it. It is by all odds the best of all civil War memoirs, and one of the most remarkable eye-witness accounts to emerge from that or any other war.”―Louis D. Rubin, Jr., The New Republic “Chestnut’s prose and insights dazzle. Lively sketches, biting characterizations, entertaining anecdotes, and vivid reflections fill the page.”―Catherine Clinton, The Journal of American History “Thanks to [C. Vann Woodawrd], we have the first authoritative text of this great work now revealed as the masterpiece it is; the finest work of literature to come out of the Civil War, perhaps one of the half dozen or so most important diaries in all literature; if you will, a Southern War and Peace.”―Reid Beddow, The Washington Post Book World “A great epic drama of our greatest national tragedy.”―William Styron, The New York Review of Books Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize in History C. Vann Woodwardis Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University.

<div>Born into Southern aristocracy, Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823-86) married a rising star of the political scene who ultimately served as an aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. As a prominent hostess and popular guest in the highest circles of Confederate society, Chesnut possessed an insider's perspective on many of the Civil War's major events, which she recorded in vivid journal entries. Her diary recounts the social life that struggled to continue in the midst of war, the grim economic conditions that resulted from blockaded ports as well as how people's spirits rose and fell with each victory and defeat. Hailed by William Styron as "a great epic drama of our greatest national tragedy," Chesnut's annotated diary won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1982 and served as a primary source for Ken Burns's celebrated Civil War documentary. This edition of the compelling narrative features photos and engravings from the original publication.</div>

A Diary from Dixie: A Journal of the Confederacy, 1860-1865 (Dover Thrift Editions: American History)

Dover Publications

A diary written by the wife of Confederate General James Chestnut, Jr. during the Civil War.

A Diary From Dixie

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Mary Chesnut's Civil War

Mary Chesnut's Civil War

A Diary from Dixie: A Journal of the Confederacy, 1860-1865 (Dover Thrift Editions: American History)

A Diary From Dixie