A Diary from Dixie (Illustrated Edition)
Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller / Martin, Isabella D. / Avary, Myrta Lockett Mary Boykin Chesnut (nee Miller, 1823-86) was an American author noted for her Civil War diary in which she described the war from within the upper-class circles of Southern planter society she inhabited. She was married to a lawyer who served as a US senator and Confederate officer, and the Chesnuts were family friends of President Jefferson Davis and his wife Varina Howell. They had close ties to the Confederate government, with generals Joh...