| FACING PAGE |
| Mrs. JAMES CHESNUT, Jr. | Frontispiece |
| From a Portrait in Oil. Reproduced by courtesy of the owner, Mr. David R. Williams, of Camden, S. C. | |
| A PAGE OF THE DIARY IN FACSIMILE | xxii |
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| THE OLD BAPTIST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, S. C. | 4 |
| Here First Met the South Carolina Secession Convention. | |
| VIEW OF CHARLESTON DURING THE WAR | 22 |
| From an Old Print. | |
| FORT SUMTER UNDER BOMBARDMENT | 38 |
| From an Old Print. | |
| A GROUP OF CONFEDERATE GENERALS | 94 |
| Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston, “Stonewall” Jackson, John B. Hood, and Pierre G. T. Beauregard. | |
| MULBERRY HOUSE, NEAR CAMDEN, S. C. | 128 |
| From a Recent Photograph. | |
| A GROUP OF CONFEDERATE WOMEN | 148 |
| Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Francis W. Pickens, Mrs. Louisa S. McCord, Miss S. B. C. Preston, Mrs. David R. Williams (the author’s sister Kate), Miss Isabella D. Martin. | |
| ANOTHER GROUP OF CONFEDERATE GENERALS | 230 |
| Robert Toombs, John H. Morgan, John C. Preston, Joseph B. Kershaw, James Chesnut, Jr., Wade Hampton. | |
| THE DAVIS MANSION IN RICHMOND, THE “WHITE HOUSE” OF THE CONFEDERACY | 264 |
| Now the Confederate Museum. | |
| Mrs. JAMES CHESNUT, Sr. | 310 |
| From a Portrait in Oil by Gilbert Stuart. Reproduced by courtesy of the owner, Mr. David R. Williams, of Camden, S. C. | |
| Mrs. CHESNUT’S HOME IN COLUMBIA IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR | 314 |
| Here Mrs. Chesnut entertained Jefferson Davis. | |
| RUINS OF MILLWOOD, WADE HAMPTON’S ANCESTRAL HOME | 350 |
| From a Recent Photograph. | |
| A NEWSPAPER “EXTRA” | 380 |
| Issued in Chester, S. C., and Announcing the Assassination of Lincoln. | |
| Col. JAMES CHESNUT, Sr. | 390 |
| From a Portrait in Oil by Gilbert Stuart. Reproduced by courtesy of the owner, Mr. David R. Williams, of Camden, S. C. | |
| SARSFIELD, NEAR CAMDEN, S. C. | 402 |
| Built by General Chesnut after the War, and the Home of himself and Mrs. Chesnut until they Died. From a Recent Photograph. | |
