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 was a nurse
She lovin the crew
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
A Soldier's Letter by Mary C. Hovey (1864) is the name of the poem Ms. Daisy Turner recites by heart on Ken Burns' The Civil War (1990) PBS.
The spelling is MarY Chestnut. She was a lady of the South who kept a diary from before the Civil War until long after.
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.
Belle Boyd, Mary Chestnut, Varina Davis, Mary Custis Lee, Susan Tarleton, Emily Todd, Emma Sampson, Martha Bulloch
Mary Chesnut wrote the book "A Diary from Dixie" which is a firsthand account of the American Civil War from the perspective of a Southern woman. It provides insights into the social and political climate of the time.
mary ann bickerdye was a civil war nurse
she was a nurse
Dr. Mary Walker was a contract surgeon during the American Civil War 1861-1865.
She was an assistant surgeon.
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because she is in the civil war
One, for sure. Dr. Mary Walker, in the Civil War. She was isssued hers on November 11, 1865 for her service as a field surgeon in the American Civil War.
Mary Livermore was on the unoin side because she did not believe in slavary.