CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION THE AUTHOR AND HER BOOK

I CHARLESTON, S. C. November 8, 1860-December 27, 1860

II MONTGOMERY, ALA. February 19, 1861-March 11, 1861

III CHARLESTON, S. C. March 26, 1861-April 15, 1861

IV CAMDEN, S. C. April 20, 1861-April 23, 1861

V MONTGOMERY, ALA. April 27, 1861-May 20, 1861

VI CHARLESTON, S. C. May 25, 1861-June 24, 1861

VII RICHMOND, VA. June 27, 1861-July 4, 1861

VIII FAUQUIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, VA. July 6, 1861-July 11, 1861

IX RICHMOND, VA. July 13, 1861-September 2, 1861

X CAMDEN, S. C. September 9, 1861-September 19, 1861

XI COLUMBIA, S. C. February 20, 1862-July 21, 1862

XII FLAT ROCK, N. C. August 1, 1862-August 8, 1862

XIII PORTLAND, ALA. July 8, 1863-July 30, 1863

XIV RICHMOND, VA. August 10, 1863-September 7, 1863

XV CAMDEN, S. C. September 10, 1863-November 5, 1863

XVI RICHMOND, VA. November 28, 1863-April 11, 1864

XVII CAMDEN, S. C. May 8, 1864-June 1, 1864

XVIII COLUMBIA, S. C. July 6, 1864-January 17, 1865

XIX LINCOLNTON, N. C. February 16, 1865-March 15, 1865

XX CHESTER, S. C. March 21, 1865-May 1, 1865

XXI CAMDEN, S. C. May 2, 1865-August 2, 1865

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

A DIARY FROM
DIXIE

A DIARY FROM
DIXIE, as written by

MARY BOYKIN CHESNUT, wife of James
Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South
Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an Aide
to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General
in the Confederate Army

Edited by
Isabella D. Martin and
Myrta Lockett
Avary