Editing Mercer County, Kentucky (section)

==History==
[[Harrodsburg, Kentucky|Harrodsburg]] was the first city formally chartered in [[Kentucky County, Virginia|Kentucky County]], the Virginia district that later became the [[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|15th state]]. It was originally the county seat of Lincoln County when it was formed in 1780, but it became the seat of Mercer County when it was created.

Pleasant Hill, also known as [[Shakertown]], is the site of a former [[Shakers|Shaker]] community, active especially in the years before the [[American Civil War]]. It is a [[National Historic Landmark]] District, consisting of more than 30 historic buildings. The district also includes acres of farm and parkland.

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the county was divided in sentiment. [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] control permitted the organization 2 Union regiments, the [[19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry]] and the [[11th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry]]. However, many county men also served in the [[Confederate Army]]. The 19th Kentucky Infantry (Union) was organized at '''Camp Harwood''' for a three-year enlistment commencing January 2, 1862, commanded [[Colonel (U.S.)#19th century|Col]]. [[William J. Landram]]. Companies A, C, D, and F of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) were organized at Harrodsburg in July 1862. The remainder of the regiment was organized in Louisville, Kentucky, and mustered in for three years on September 26, 1862, under the Colonel Alexander W. Holeman. Following the [[Battle of Perryville]], much of Harrodsburg and surrounding towns were converted into makeshift hospitals; 1600 sick and wounded Confederate soldiers were captured during a raid in Harrodsburg by the [[9th Kentucky Cavalry]] on October 10, 1862. The city then remained under martial law for the remainder of the war.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

The [[Louisville Southern Railroad]] reached Harrodsburg in 1888. Louisville Southern Railway's construction commenced in 1884 and ran from Louisville through Shelbyville and Lawrenceburg to Harrodsburg, which was reached in 1888. The rail yard and station were located at the corner of Office Street and Merimon Avenue. A spur was later constructed from the station to Burgin, where the Louisville Southern joined the [[Cincinnati Southern]]'s [[Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway]] CNO&TP mainline which runs through the eastern part of the country from [[High Bridge of Kentucky]] to Burgin to Danville was opened in 1877. Now all run and operated by [[Norfolk Southern Railway]].

Company D of the [[192nd Tank Battalion]], which took part in the [[World War II]] [[Battle of Bataan]] was from Harrodsburg.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=400EAAAAMBAJ Life Magazine 1942]</ref>