A Diary from Dixie As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army

CHAPTER XVII.—CAMDEN, S. C., _May 8, 1864-June 1, 1864_.

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A farewell to Richmond—“Little Joe’s” pathetic death and funeral—An old silk dress—The battle of the Wilderness—Spottsylvania Court House—At Mulberry once more—Old Colonel Chesnut’s grief at his wife’s death 304