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After the war much of Indiana viewed New Albany as too friendly to the South. New Albany's formerly robust steamboat-building industry ended in 1870; the last steamboat built in New Albany was named the Robert E. Lee. New Albany never regained its pre-war stature; its population leveled off at 40,000, and only the antebellum, early-Victorian ...
During the Civil War, New Albany businesses were boycotted by Confederates because it was in a Union state and by the North because it was considered too friendly to the South. Indianapolis overtook New Albany as Indiana's largest city in 1860, and across the river, Louisville's population grew much faster.
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Morris, George W. History of the Eighty-First Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the Great War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865 (Louisville, KY: The Franklin Printing Company), 1901. Attribution
Aunt Lucy would remain alongside the rest of the 23rd for the remainder of the war and was even present for the Grand Review of the Armies in 1865. She returned with the unit to New Albany, Indiana after the war, was the first and only African-American woman to be awarded an honorary membership in a unit's Grand Army of the Republic post, and ...
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Funk, Arville L. A Hoosier Regiment in Dixie: A History of the Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Chicago: Adams Press), 1978. Griffin, Daniel. My Dear Mollie: Letters of Brig. General Daniel Griffin, 38th Indiana Infantry (Bedford, IN: JoNa Books ...
The 66th Indiana Infantry was organized at New Albany, Indiana and mustered in for three years' service August 19, 1862.. The regiment was attached to Cruft's Brigade, Army of Kentucky. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, Mississippi, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, December 1862. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, XVII Corps, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, XVI Corps ...
The 53rd Indiana Infantry was organized at New Albany and Indianapolis, Indiana, beginning February 19, 1862, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on March 6, 1862.
October 25, 1861: Moved to New Albany, Indiana. December 25: Bardstown, Kentucky. February 1862: Advanced on Bowling Green, Kentucky. February 10-March 3: Advanced on Nashville, Tennessee. until September 1862: Guard duty along Louisville & Nashville Railroad. July 4–28: Operations against Morgan