A DIARY FROM
DIXIE [Illustration]
[Illustration: MRS. JAMES CHESNUT, JR.
From a Portrait in Oil.]
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
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1906
COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
_Published March, 1905_
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION: THE AUTHOR AND HER BOOK xiii
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 Sumter 1