Mary Boykin Chesnut

Mary Boykin Chesnut kept a diary during the Civil War. Events dramatized in this film were extracted straight from her diary. Mary spent time at Kensington Plantation in South Carolina where the story was also reenacted.

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The Civil War Begins | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 102
The Civil War Begins | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 102

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 2 - The Civil War Begins Mary's Diary Entry: April 8, 1861 - Mary speaks of the beginning of the Civil War in Charleston. Her husband was the first to make contact with Fort...
Meeting John Darby | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 103
Meeting John Darby | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 103

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 3 - Meeting John Darby Mary's Diary Entry: May 25, 1861 - Mary’s interactions with John Darby show the volatility of both sides in the Civil War. Backstory: One New York...
Jefferson Davis | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 104
Jefferson Davis | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 104

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 4 - Jefferson Davis Mary's Diary Entry: June 27, 1861 - Jefferson Davis speaks with Mary of the difficulties the war will bring. Backstory: Both North and South offered...
War Hospitals | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 105
War Hospitals | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 105

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 5 - War Hospitals Mary's Diary Entry: Augsut 1861 - Mary speaks of the pain and misery in the war hospitals. Backstory: Disease was the number one killer of soldiers in the...
Supplies and Clothes | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 106
Supplies and Clothes | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 106

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 6 - Supplies and Clothes Mary's Diary Entry: August 27, 1861 - Mary reflects on the need for supplies and clothes in the Southern Army. Backstory: Eighty percent of the...
Bails and Customs | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 107
Bails and Customs | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 107

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 7 - Bails and Customs Mary's Diary Entry: March 11, 1861 - Mary remembers the bails and customs that still were in place at the beginning of the war. Backstory: More...
Stories from the War | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 108
Stories from the War | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 108

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 8 - Stories from the War Mary's Diary Entries (1862) - Mary relays the story of Willie Taylor who claims he saw an apparition of Albert Rhett, who foretold Willie would die...
Wartime Challenges | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 109
Wartime Challenges | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 109

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 9 - Wartime Challenges Mary's Diary Entry: June 24, 1862 - Mary’s diary further explains the challenges of life during wartime. Backstory: During Pickett’s charge at the...
Sherman’s March | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 110
Sherman’s March | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 110

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 10 - Sherman’s March “I’m going to march to Richmond…and when I go through South Carolina it will be one of the most horrible things in the history of the world. The devil...
Mary Boykin Chesnut 111
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Episode 111

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Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 11 - Conclusion The conclusion of the Mary Boykin story. Her life story is shared along with several more of her diary entries.