Stovepipe Johnson Military person

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.Permanently blinded during a skirmish in 1864, Johnson in 1887 founded the town of Marble Falls, Texas, which became known as "the blind man's town."

Personal facts

Stovepipe Johnson
Alias (AKA)Stovepipe Johnson
Birth dateFebruary 08, 1834
Birth place
Henderson Kentucky
Date of deathOctober 20, 1922
Place of death
Burnet Texas
Resting place
Austin Texas , Texas State Cemetery

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allegiance
* United States of America
* Confederate States of America
military operations
American Civil War
Morgan's Raid
Newburgh Raid
military branch
Confederate States Army
service start1861

Stovepipe Johnson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=FXQUAAAAYAAJ
  2. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us
  3. https://archive.org/details/memorandumrelati01unit,