Boyle County Courthouse, Danville

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Constructed in 1862 after a fire destroyed much of downtown Danville, the Boyle County Courthouse was a makeshift hospital for ill Union soldiers after the Battle of Perryville. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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By Sanders
Historical marker #756, located at the Boyle County Courthouse in Danville, commemorates the occupation of the structure as a field hospital during the Civil War. When the Battle of Perryville…