Stovepipe Johnson

Adam Rankin Johnson
Nickname(s)	"Stovepipe"
Born	(1834-02-06)February 6, 1834 Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Died	October 20, 1922(1922-10-20) (aged 88) Burnet, Texas, United States
Place of burial	Texas State Cemetery Austin, Texas
Allegiance	United States of America Confederate States of America
Service / branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Colonel Brigadier General (appointment not confirmed)
Unit	3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Forrest's)
Commands	10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers Johnson's Cavalry Brigade
Battles / wars	American Civil War Battle of Sacramento Battle of Fort Donelson Newburgh Raid Morgan's Raid

Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson (February 6, 1834 – October 20, 1922) was an antebellum Western frontiersman and later an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Johnson obtained fame leading the Newburgh Raid using a force of only about 35 men. Johnson and his men confiscated supplies and ammunition without firing a shot by deceiving Newburgh's defenders into thinking Confederate cannons surrounded the town. In reality, the "cannons" were an assemblage of a stove pipe, a charred log, and wagon wheels, forever giving Johnson the nickname of Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson. Permanently blinded during an 1864 skirmish, in 1887, Johnson founded the town of Marble Falls, Texas, which became known as "the blind man's town."