Mary Chestnut's Civil War Mary Boykin Chesnut was born on her grandparents' estate at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina on March 31, 1823. She learned early about the workings of a plantation by observing her grandmother. Grandmother Miller rose early to assign the cleaning and cooking duties for her servants. Besides keeping the mansion clean and prepared for the frequent guests, Mary's grandmother also took charge of making and mending clothing for the slaves on the plantation. She spent whole
Barnstable, Massachusetts near Plymouth. Her parents were James Otis and Mary Allyne Otis, they lived on a farm at Barnstable where James prospered as a merchant, farmer, and an attorney for seventy-six years. James Otis also served as a judge of the court of common pleas for his country and a colonel in the militia. Mercy's great-great grandfather came to America on board the Mayflower as a servant, and signed the Mayflower compact. James Jr., Joseph, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Samuel were the
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut: A Diary from Dixie, by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1905. I to 352 pp. Reviewed by Mayra Catalan 02/27/2016 The Diary of a Dixie Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut: A Diary from Dixie is a story about the life of an elite socialite and her way of seeing everything going around her. The noble was published in 1905, many years after
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