Im Byeongchan Righteous Army Historic Site

This is the place where Mr. Dunheon Im Byeong-chan (1851–1916) gathered and trained righteous army soldiers to save the country from Japanese invasion in the late Joseon period.
In 1906, the year after the illegal Eulsa Treaty was signed, Im Byeong-chan raised a righteous army together with Myeonam Choi Ik-hyeon at Museongseowon Confucian Academy, and while fighting the Japanese army at the Sunchang Battle, he was captured along with Choi Ik-hyeon and exiled to Tsushima. In 1914, he expanded the Doknipui Gunbu into a nationwide organization, creating the Daehan Doknipui Gunbu, and while engaged in righteous army activities he was arrested and, during his exile on Geomundo, died of illness.
This area is a remote mountain region at an altitude of over 400m, where Mr. Im Byeong-chan built Yeongsojeon Hall, a school honoring Confucius, to train younger generations in preparation for the Gyeongsul National Humiliation. He also established a weapons depot, an ammunition production facility, and lodgings, and had them practice archery, horseback riding, and the like.
Currently, only traces of the buildings from that time remain, and recently descendants erected a monument, while Jeongeup City installed an information board and a marker stone.

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