| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1965.4 — Presbyterian Church |
| | Organized under Louisville Presbytery, Synod of Kentucky, January 1819 by Rev. John Finley Crowe who later founded Hanover College. Early Church services were held in homes and in State Capitol prior to building first church 1826. Original church stood on South Capitol Ave. where present E. U. B. Church stands. This original church used as a Confederate Hospital following the Battle of Corydon, July 9, 1863. Congregation moved to new location and present church erected 1906. Oldest continuous church organization in Corydon. — Map (db m9713) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1961.1 — Battle of Corydon — - - - July 9, 1863 - - - |
| | A force of about 400, Indiana militia and citizen volunteers commanded by Col. Lewis Jordan, engaged John Hunt Morgan's raiders, 2,400 cavalry, along a wooded ridge a mile south of Corydon. The determined Hoosier defense caused General Duke, Morgan's second in command, to comment, "They resolutely defended their rail piles." Three Hoosiers and eight Confederates were killed. Morgan then brought up his cannon and flanked the militia forcing Jordan to retreat. After Morgan surrounded and began shelling Corydon, Jordan surrendered with 345 men. — Map (db m9636) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1963.1 — Battle of Corydon |
| | Site of the Battle of Corydon July 9 - 1863 — Map (db m9635) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Arville L. Funk — 1929-1990 |
| | Civil War cannon has been dedicated to the memory of Arville L. Funk: historian, author, lawyer, teacher, civic and church leader This six-pound field gun is similar to those used by General John Hunt Morgan’s Raiders and the Harrison County Home Guard. One cannon was used by the Home Guard at Morvin’s Landing on the Ohio River. At the Battle of Corydon the Raiders had two cannons directly South of this site under the command of Basil Duke, 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. Two additional cannons . . . — Map (db m9687) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Morgan's Condederate Dead — Morgan's Raid in Harrison County (Indiana) |
| | . . . — Map (db m9683) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Battle of Corydon |
| | On July 9, 1863, along this wooded ridge - - - from the “Laconta” Road extending across the “Mauckport” Pike to the old “New Amsterdam” Road - - - occurred the only Civil War battle in Indiana. It was between Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate Cavalry Division and the Sixth Regiment of the Indiana Legion (The Harrison County Home Guards) under Col. Lewis Jordan.
This “Battle of Corydon” was the first and only organized resistance that Morgan . . . — Map (db m9721) |
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