| Title: |
Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, April, 1861
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| Document type: |
Diary
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S892-D005
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1861
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| Speaker: |
Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller, 1823-1886
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
31-Mar-1823
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Pleasant Hill, SC; South Carolina; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military wife; Politician's wife; Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
38
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| Document location: |
Charleston, SC
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| Document date: |
02-Apr-1861
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| People discussed: |
Beauregard, G.T.; Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893; Old Fuss and Feathers; Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard; Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866; Winfield Scott
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| Organizations discussed: |
Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC
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| Historical events discussed: |
Battle of Fort Sumter, SC, April 12, 1861; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; Union States; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Battle of Fort Sumter, SC, April 12, 1861; Beauregard, G.T.; Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893; Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC; North America; Old Fuss and Feathers; Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard; Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865; Union States; United States; Winfield Scott
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Acquaintances; Agriculture; Battle preparations; Battles; Bombing attacks; Books; Children; Civil wars; Dating; Editors; Entertainment and recreation; Friends; Gender roles; Gossip; Health; Illegitimate children; Intellectual life; Law; Life Styles; Manumission of slaves; Meals; Military; Negotiations; Photography; Political life; Politicians; Politics; Relationships; Slaves; Social calls; Sociology; Surrenders; Thefts
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S892-D005-387
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