{"id":1964,"date":"2025-04-16T18:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:13:59","slug":"shelbyville-blockhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/shelbyville-blockhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelbyville Blockhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-header\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full post-header-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shelbyville-Blockhouse.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-wqh8QPbo\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shelbyville-Blockhouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shelbyville-Blockhouse.jpg 358w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shelbyville-Blockhouse-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shelbyville-Blockhouse-300x453.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-header-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shelbyville Blockhouse<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At one time, the Shelbyville fountain was located in the center of Main Street at 5th, but during the Civil War, a blockhouse stood watch in the same place. The blockhouse served as a small fort that local merchants would flock to when the alarm was sounded, ready to guard the town. There were holes cut on every side, just large enough to aim a rifle through, but still provide protection to the defenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 1864, \u201cBlack Dave\u201d Martin\u2019s band of Confederate guerillas attempted a raid on the Courthouse, to steal the guns that were stored there. His plans were thwarted, leaving three of his gang dead.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shelbyville Blockhouse At one time, the Shelbyville fountain was located in the center of Main Street at 5th, but during the Civil War, a blockhouse stood watch in the same place. The blockhouse served as a small fort that local merchants would flock to when the alarm was sounded, ready to guard the town. There <a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/shelbyville-blockhouse\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Shelbyville Blockhouse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"post_folder":[67],"class_list":["post-1964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people-and-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6559,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions\/6559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}