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
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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.