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June 11, 2001

Mary Chesnut and the Civil War

South Carolina’s first lady, Rachel Hodges, read to schoolchildren from the book A Diary from Dixie, a compilation of journal entries and letters of Mary Chesnut, a Southern woman of the Civil War era.

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Program ID:: 164758-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Speech
Location:: Camden, South Carolina, United States
First Aired:: Jun 15, 2001 | 3:00am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Oct 30, 2005 | 6:28am EST | C-SPAN 3

Airing Details

Jun 15, 2001 | 3:00am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Jun 15, 2001 | 10:37pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Dec 26, 2001 | 2:36pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Oct 05, 2004 | 6:27am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 25, 2005 | 6:28am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 28, 2005 | 6:28am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 30, 2005 | 6:28am EST | C-SPAN 3

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