NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA FACT A DAY SEPTEMBER 5TH 2001 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ADAM JOHNSON WAS AN OUTSTANDING CONFEDERATE PARTISAN RANGER NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN There was one Confederate Partisan Ranger who outmaneuvered virtually ever union general they encountered. Adam Johnson was a 28 year old army scout who sided with the Confederacy Johnson was sent to Kentucky by General John C Breckinridge in May of 1862. He made it a point of recruiting men for a series of successful raids on the yankees. With only a few recruits, he started leading daring attacks on the outposts held by the north. These exploits began attracting others who were for the Confederacy. One raid at Newburgh, Indiana, yielded them enough supplies for weeks. Johnson bluffed his way past the guards with two "cannon" made of a log and a stovepipe. This action earned him the nickname "Stovepipe." This 300 man battalion, "The Breckinridge Guards" raided through out the western regions of Kentucky in the summer of 1862. By October they were incorporated into General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry unit. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ONE CONFEDERATE HISTORICAL FACT OR A TRIVIA ITEM EVERY DAY! NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN