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Showing posts with label John Smith Preston. Show all posts
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: May 2, 1865

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CAMDEN, S. C. – Since we left Chester nothing but solitude, nothing but tall blackened chimneys, to show that any man has ever trod this ro...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: May 1, 1865

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In Chester still. I climb these steep steps alone. They have all gone, all passed by. Buck went with Mr. C. Hampton to York. Mary, Mrs. Hug...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: April 3, 1865

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Saw General Preston ride off. He came to tell me good-by. I told him he looked like a Crusader on his great white horse, with William, his ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: Thursday, March 30, 1865

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I find I have not spoken of the box-car which held the Preston party that day on their way to York from Richmond. In the party were Mr. and...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: November 28, 1863

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RICHMOND, Va. — Our pleasant home sojourn was soon broken up. Johnny had to go back to Company A, and my husband was ordered by the Preside...
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