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Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize in History
"A feast for Civil War buffs…One of the best firsthand records of the Confederate experience…Electrifying."
—Walter Clemons, Newsweek
"Here is a book to curl up with over a whole lifetime—to read and reread, to ponder and savor."
—Selma R. Williams, The Boston Globe
"A painfully brilliant record of our old America at daggers drawn…Mary Chestnut's wit and shrewdness, her fierce abhorrence of slavery, her feminist ambitions, maker her observations peculiarly modern…C. Vann Woodward's editing…is exemplary…He has reacquainted us with a remarkable woman; and she has reacquainted us with the living past."
—Andrew Klavan, Saturday Review
"Here is the rich and full context, as the author herself recreated it. It is by all odds the best of all civil War memoirs, and one of the most remarkable eye-witness accounts to emerge from that or any other war."
—Louis D. Rubin, Jr., The New Republic
"Chestnut's prose and insights dazzle. Lively sketches, biting characterizations, entertaining anecdotes, and vivid reflections fill the page."
—Catherine Clinton, The Journal of American History
"Thanks to [C. Vann Woodawrd], we have the first authoritative text of this great work now revealed as the masterpiece it is; the finest work of literature to come out of the Civil War, perhaps one of the half dozen or so most important diaries in all literature; if you will, a Southern War and Peace."
—Reid Beddow, The Washington Post Book World
"A great epic drama of our greatest national tragedy."
—William Styron, The New York Review of Books
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Jeff Borys
reviewed Mary Chesnut's Civil War on April 12, 2014
Mary Chesnut's Civil War
Mary Chestnut was the well-educated wife of a South Carolina gentleman-an attorney and former US senator who joined the confederacy and eventually rose to the rank of General in the CSA. Her perspective includes not just the vantage point of a member of the CSA hierarchy and their families, but also a working knowledge of many of the opponents with whom she had been well-acquainted while a dame in Washington circles in the years preceding the war.
For an American Civil War enthusiast who can appreciate the diary form; i.e., this book is not for everyone!...this is a fascinating, though albeit sometimes slow read. The stilted prose of the era and Mrs. Chestnut's penchant for frequent literary allusions and sprinkling of French phrases required rereading of passages throughout the length of the book. C. Vann Woodward did an admirable job of researching the people, events and publications mentioned, but the prodigious number of footnotes required also slowed the reading down. And I am that person who wants to glean every bit of information to better understand what I am reading, so I had to read every one! However, the insight into the war as viewed from a progressive mind of a woman well-placed in Southern society was too fascinating to make me abandon my mission and put it down.
Woodward includes a lengthy preface detailing Mary's life and times which proves extremely helpful in putting the diary into context.
Not a book for the faint of heart...but definitely an enlightening and fascinating read for a die-hard Civil War history buff.
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