Strife in the Hoosier State: The Civil War in Indiana
The Civil War was a defining moment in our country’s history, and its ripple effects were undoubtedly felt in Indiana. Countless Hoosiers participated in the U…
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Battle of Corydon Memorial Parklocation_fillOn July 8, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and approximately 1,800 cavalrymen commandeere…
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Levi Coffin Houselocation_fillDesignated a National Historic Landmark in 1965, the Levi Coffin House in Fountain City is a significant prope… -
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memoriallocation_fillBuilt on the site where Thomas Lincoln’s family lived from 1816 to 1830, the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial… -
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Eleutherian Collegelocation_fillEleutherian College was one of the first Indiana schools to admit students without regards to race or gender. … -
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Cedar Hill Cemeterylocation_fillConfederate soldiers who perished in the Battle of Corydon were interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery, the town’s ma… -
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Lyman & Asenath Hoyt Houselocation_fillThe home of Lyman and Asenath Hoyt was constructed circa 1850 of Indiana limestone in the Greek Revival style.… -
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Lanier Mansionlocation_fillJames F.D. Lanier, one of Madison’s most prominent residents, made a fortune from banking and railroad interes… -
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Carnegie Center for Art and Culturelocation_fillThe Carnegie Center is housed in the former Carnegie Free Public Library (constructed in 1902) and is a divisi… -
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Cannelton Cotton Milllocation_fillThe Cannelton Cotton Mill, built between 1849 and 1851 on the banks of the Ohio River, was designed to rival t… -
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Speed Cabinlocation_fillJohn Allen Speed, a native of Scotland, immigrated to the United States in 1821. Speed and his family moved to… -
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General Lew Wallace Studylocation_fillLew Wallace is probably best known as the author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, but his long and storied li… -
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Bethel AME Church (Indianapolis)location_fillBethel AME is the city’s oldest and one of Indiana’s most recognized Black cultural sites. Augustus Turner, al… -
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Lincoln to Citizens of Indiana Markerslocation_fillDowntown Indianapolis has two markers commemorating the February 11, 1861 speech President-elect Abraham Linco… -
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Lincoln Funeral Train Markerlocation_fillLocated on the south lawn of the Indiana State House, the 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau marker remembers the … -
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Civil War Arsenallocation_fillGovernor Oliver Perry Morton established Indiana’s first military arsenal in 1861 to provide Union troops with… -
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Crown Hill Cemeterylocation_fillCrown Hill Cemetery has served the Indianapolis area for more than 150 years as both a place of interment and … -
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28th Regiment US Colored Troops Markerlocation_fillIn November 1863, the United States Department of War gave Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton authority to rais… -
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Camp Mortonlocation_fillAt the start of the Civil War, 10,000 soldiers from Indiana volunteered to serve in the Union military. With … -
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President Benjamin Harrison Homelocation_fillBenjamin Harrison was born into a politically active family. His father, John, was a United States Representat… -
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Alexander Taylor Rankin Houselocation_fillThis is the home of Alexander Rankin, a known abolitionist, who built the house in 1841. He lived in the house… -
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Lincoln Pioneer Villagelocation_fillThe Lincoln Pioneer Village was created in 1935 to promote the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln liv…
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