Editing New Albany, Indiana (section)

===Civil War===
During the [[American Civil War]], New Albany served as both a supply center for Union troops and as a medical care center for wounded soldiers. Up to 1,500 wounded soldiers were treated in New Albany during the war, and many non-medical buildings were converted into makeshift hospitals. 
In 1862, [[Abraham Lincoln]] established one of the first seven [[United States national cemetery|national cemeteries]] in [[New Albany National Cemetery|New Albany]] for burying the many war dead. Despite the ongoing war, a new courthouse was built in 1865, which was used until the 1960s, when the current City-County courthouse was constructed, also the first in Indiana.

[[File:Downtown New Albany.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown New Albany The 160 feet tall [[Town Clock Church]] was built in 1852 as a stop on the Underground Railroad.]]

The [[Town Clock Church]], now the Second Baptist Church, was used as the New Albany stop in the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicnewalbany.com/content.asp?q_areaprimaryid=4 |title=Historic New Albany |publisher=Historic New Albany |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312014429/http://www.historicnewalbany.com/content.asp?q_areaprimaryid=4 |url-status=live }}</ref> The original steeple was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1915, and a new replica steeple was not completed until 101 years later in 2016.

[[File:NACemetery.jpg|thumb|left|[[New Albany National Cemetery]] opened in 1862]]

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. New Albany never regained its original stature. The once robust steamboat industry ended by 1870, with the last steamboat built in New Albany named, appropriately, the ''[[Robert E. Lee (steamboat)|Robert E. Lee]]''.

During the second half of the 19th century, New Albany experienced an industrial boom despite the collapse of the steamboat industry. The advent of railroads created economic opportunity for the city as a pork packing and locomotive repair center. A bridge was built across the [[Ohio River]] in 1886, providing a rail and road connection with Kentucky. American Plate Glass Works opened in 1865 and employed as many as 2,000 workers. When the factory relocated in 1893, New Albany lost a large part of its population and went into economic decline.