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 IV.—CAMDEN, S. C., _April 20, 1861-April 22, 1861_.

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After Sumter was taken—The _jeunesse dorée_—The story of Beaufort Watts—Maria Whitaker’s twins—The inconsistencies of life 42