Timeline
Lifetime:
1823 -
1886
Passed: ≈
138 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Mary Chesnut
Books by Mary Chesnut
Diary from Dixie
History
Memoir
Non-Fiction
History
Politics
Culture
Civil War
social commentary
American History
Confederacy
Journal
Diary
Southern Society
Elite
Wartime Life
Mary Chesnut's 'Diary from Dixie' offers a unique and intimate perspective on the American Civil War from the vantage point of a Southern woman. Her diary, meticulously kept during the tumultuous years of conflict, provides a glimpse into the social,...