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Jane Louisa Killian papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS447f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of Jane Louisa Killian's 1865 diary. Of particular interest are entries that include her thoughts on the death of President Lincoln; the surrender of General Robert E. Lee; the day Confederate money was no longer legal tender; the return of captured Confederate prisoners to Atlanta, Georgia; and her reaction to her husband's murder.

Dates: 1865-1931, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center

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  • Subject: American diaries X
  • Subject: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 X
  • Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 X