Newburgh Raid
The Newburgh Raid was a successful raid by Confederate partisans on Newburgh, Indiana, on 18 July 1862, making it the first town in a Northern state to be captured during the American Civil War. Confederate colonel Adam Rankin Johnson led the raid by using a force of only about 35 men he had recruited from nearby Henderson, Kentucky. They confiscated supplies and ammunition without a shot being fired by tricking Newburgh's defenders into thinking the town was surrounded by cannons. In reality, the so-called cannons were an assemblage of a stove pipe, a charred log, and wagon wheels, forever giving the Confederate commander the nickname of Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson.
Newburgh Raid
The Newburgh Raid was a successful raid by Confederate partisans on Newburgh, Indiana, on 18 July 1862, making it the first town in a Northern state to be captured during the American Civil War. Confederate colonel Adam Rankin Johnson led the raid by using a force of only about 35 men he had recruited from nearby Henderson, Kentucky. They confiscated supplies and ammunition without a shot being fired by tricking Newburgh's defenders into thinking the town was surrounded by cannons. In reality, the so-called cannons were an assemblage of a stove pipe, a charred log, and wagon wheels, forever giving the Confederate commander the nickname of Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson.
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The Newburgh Raid was a succes ...... r Union recruiting in Indiana.
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Fake cannons found after the Newburgh Raid
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The Newburgh Raid was a succes ...... e of Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson.
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