Mary Chesnut's Diary
By Mary Boykin Chesnut; Catherine Clinton (Introduction by)
(Penguin Classics, Paperback, 9780143106067, 384pp.)
Publication Date: April 26, 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: United States - Civil War, Women
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An unrivalled account of the American Civil War from the Confederate perspective.
One of the most compelling personal narratives of the Civil War, Mary Chesnut's Diary was written between 1861 and 1865. As the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and the wife of an aide to the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, Chesnut was well acquainted with the Confederacy's prominent players and-from the very first shots in Charleston, South Carolina-diligently recorded her impressions of the conflict's most significant moments. One of the most frequently cited memoirs of the war, Mary Chesnut's Diary captures the urgency and nuance of the period in an epic rich with commentary on race, status, and power within a nation divided.
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