Friends of the Battle of Corydon Historic Site

09/17/2025

Please consider a trip to Shoals, Indiana this Saturday, September 20th, as they dedicate a monument to Union soldiers killed in a train wreck in Martin County in 1861.

07/18/2025

Thank you, Leah to Go, for sharing the wonderful video you made of your visit to the Battle of Corydon Living History!

Battle of Corydon (IN) Living Civil War History, 162nd Anniversary of the Battle of Corydon, July 17th 2025 hosted by Friends of the Battle of Corydon Histor...

07/12/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who came out for the Battle of Corydon Living History today! It was a beautiful day, and a rousing success.
I am really proud to be part of such a hardworking team, that spends the entire year working toward giving the public the best presentation possible. It takes many hands and countless hours to bring this event to life, so I wanted to take a moment and give some props for a job well done! 👏 👏 👏
I hope you, our guests, will return to see us next year, and bring a friend. We hope to bring you a new and different experience each time you join us as our event continues to grow. We are very proud of this amazing history we have in beautiful Corydon, and it is our pleasure to share it with you!
Thank you again a million times over, and we'll see you again next year!

07/11/2025

In 1828 Ludwig Lewis Jordan moved to Corydon, and lived and engaged in the tanning business near a fine spring almost under the shade of the Constitutional Elm. Early in the Civil War, on Sept. 26, 1861, he was commisioned Colonel of the 6th Regiment, Indiana Legion, Harrison County, commonly called the Home Guard. This was almost the only troops opposing the Confererates under Gen. John Hunt Morgan when they crossed the Ohio near Mauckport and advanced toward Corydon, July 8 and 9, 1863, on his raid through Indiana and Ohio. During the afternoon of the 9th, he and his force of about 440 men were unable to hold the rebels back on the ridge just south of town, and fell back into the town, where they were captured. They were released when the rebels moved on to the north.
Want to learn more? Join us tomorrow for the 162nd anniversary of the Battle. The Battle of Corydon Living History runs from 10 until 5, and is absolutely free! Check our Events tab for further details.

07/09/2025

Hey, folks! Dawn went over to WOCC 102.7 today and did an interview with Sunni Stephen's about the Battle of Corydon Living History this Saturday! It airs tomorrow at 5:20, after Schalk Talk, so be sure to tune in and give it a listen!