Corydon Capitol State Historic Site
statehouse, Corydon, Indiana, United States
Also known as: Corydon Capitol State Memorial
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Corydon
Corydon Capitol State Historic Site, Corydon, Indiana.
The Corydon Capitol State Historic Site in Corydon, Indiana, preserves the first statehouse of Indiana. Corydon served as the capital of Indiana Territory from 1813 to 1816 and as the state's first capital until 1825. The convention that drafted Indiana's first constitution met in Corydon in June 1816. The town was also the site of a Civil War skirmish in 1863 when Confederate cavalry attacked Indiana militiamen.1
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