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[i]
A DIARY FROM
DIXIE 
[ii]
MRS. JAMES CHESNUT, JR.
From a Portrait in Oil.
[iii]
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
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1906
[iv]
Copyright, 1905, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Published March, 1905
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CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION: The Author and Her Bookxiii
Chapter I.—CHARLESTON, S. C., November 8,        1860-December 27, 1860.
The news of Lincoln’s election—Raising the Palmetto        flag—The author’s husband resigns as United States        Senator—The Ordinance of Secession—Anderson takes        possession of Fort Sumter1
Chapter II.—MONTGOMERY, Ala., February 19,        1861-March 11, 1861.
Making the Confederate Constitution—Robert Toombs—Anecdote        of General Scott—Lincoln’s trip through        Baltimore—Howell Cobb and Benjamin H. Hill—Hoisting        the Confederate flag—Mrs. Lincoln’s economy in        the White House—Hopes for peace—Despondent talk        with anti-secession leaders—The South unprepared—Fort        Sumter6
Chapter III.—CHARLESTON, S. C., March 26, 1861-April        15, 1861.
A soft-hearted slave-owner—Social gaiety in the midst of        war talk—Beauregard a hero and a demigod—The first        shot of the war—Anderson refuses to capitulate—The        bombardment of Fort Sumter as seen from the house-tops—War        steamers arrive in Charleston harbor—“Bull        Run” Russell—Demeanor of the negroes 21
[vi]Chapter IV.—CAMDEN, S. C., April 20, 1861-April        22, 1861.
After Sumter was taken—The                         
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