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During the Civil War, twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned, nineteen of them in the last fifteen months; twelve were burned by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, and two by Union accident. The courthouse at Harlan was burned in reprisal for the burning of the Lee County, Virginia, courthouse in October 1863. County records in the nearby clerk's office were saved.
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Harlan, Kentucky · United States
