Mary Chesnut
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| Mary Boykin Chesnut | |
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| Personal | |
| Date & Place of Birth | March 31, 1823 Mount Pleasant Plantation, Stateburg, South Carolina, |
| Parents | Stephen Decatur Miller Mary Boykin Miller |
| Religion | |
| Spouse | James Chesnut, Jr. |
| Children | None |
| Date & Place of Death | November 22, 1886 Camden, South Carolina |
| Place of Burial | Knights Hill Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina |
| Education | Mme. Talvande's French School for Young Ladies Charleston, South Carolina |
| Occupation | Writer, diarist |
| Post-war career | Author: The Captain and the Colonel Two Years - or The Way We Lived Then A Diary from Dixie |
