1) Mary Chesnut was a diarist
2) She was born on March 31st, 1823
3) She was an author from South Carolina
4) She was unable to have kids
5) She was greatly involved in the Civil War
6) If it weren't for her diaries, we would not have so much back round on the Civil War
7) Her husband was also involved in the Civil War
8) one of her diaries about the Civil War were published after her death in 1905
Mary Boykin Chestnut was not an actual participant in the Civil War. She was an author and an abolitionist who wrote about the war in a diary. She was married to James Chestnut who was a Confederate States Army general.
Mary Chestnut became a famous Civil War figure because of a diary she kept throughout the war. Mary was a southern woman, from South Carolina, and she kept a diary from the moment the guns opened up on Fort Sumter right through to the end of the War.
She married Rawlins Lowndes, lived in Charleston, Sc, had 3 children, and died in 1880, at the age of 38 of infection following surgery.
According to ancestry.com, Boykin, Boyken, Boykiw all appear to be Middle English variations on the given name "Boye", which appears in English, North German, Dutch, Frisian and Danish, or possibly the Old English given name "Boia". "Boje" is still used as a given name in Friesland. The origin is unknown, but variations on the surname "Boye" appear in 13th century English manuscripts.
Mary MacKillop was never married.
Mary Boykin Chesnut was born in 1823.
Mary Boykin Chesnut died in 1886.
Mary Boykin Chesnut died November 2, 1886
because she is in the civil war
Yes , she was from South Carolina .
Mary Chesnut is famous because of the diaries she kept during the Civil war.
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Mary Boykin Chesnut was born to Mary Boykin Miller and Stephen Decatur Miller. She married James Chesnut Jr., a U.S. Senator and later a Confederate general. The couple did not have any children together, but they were close to their nieces and nephews.
Mary Boykin Chesnut was married to James Chesnut. They were South Carolina planters and owned many slaves. Mary deplored the practice of slavery and knew it must end. At the same time, she lived in an economic system that depended upon it.
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, 1823-1886 Name of her book: 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. Published: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1905. See link for the full text of her diary.
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut has written: 'A diary from Dixie' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Biography, Confederate Personal narratives, Confederate States of America, Diaries, History, Sources, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Women, Social life and customs, Social conditions 'Mary Chesnut's illustrated diary' -- subject(s): Confederate States of America, Sources, Diaries, Photograph collections, Confederate Personal narratives, Biography, History 'The Civil War diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut' -- subject(s): Biography, Confederate Personal narratives, Diaries, History, Sources, United States Civil War, 1861-1865 'A diary from Dixie' -- subject(s): Diaries, Confederate States of America, Sources, Confederate Personal narratives, Biography, History
Mary Boykin Miller lived on her fathers plantation in Mississippi.