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BATTLE OF CORYDON WAR MEMORIAL

BATTLE OF CORYDON WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: W. HEIDELBERG ROAD NW AND OLD INDIANA 135

City: CORYDON

State: Indiana

Zip Code: 47112

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: GINGER DRENNING

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

ON JULY, 1863 ALONG A WOODED RIDGE OCCURRED THE ONLY CIVIL WAR BATTLE IN INDIANA. IT WAS BETWEEN GENERAL JOHN HUNT MORGAN’S CONFEDERATE CAVALRY DIVISION AND THE SIXTH REGIMENT OF INDIANA LEGION, THE HARRISON COUNTY HOME GUARDS UNDER COL. LEWIS JORDAN.
THE BATTLE OF CORYDON WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY ORGANIZED RESISTANCE THAT MORGAN MET IN HIS RAID THROUGH INDIANA. IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR FOUGHT ON NORTHERN SOIL.


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