Mary Boykin Chesnut ( 1823 – 1886) was a South Carolina author noted for a book published as her Civil War diary, a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death struggle."
Mary Boykin Chesnut ( 1823 – 1886) was a South Carolina author noted for a book published as her Civil War diary, a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death struggle."