Adam Johnson (1834–1922) came to Texas in 1854 where he 
engaged in surveying, stage driving and Indian fighting. In 1861 he 
returned to his native state of Kentucky and became a scout for 
Nathan Bedford Forrest and later commanded the 10th Kentucky 
Cavalry Regiment fighting with Forrest and John Hunt Morgan.

    One of his most remarkable feats was the capture of Newburg,
Indiana, from a sizable Union garrison with only twelve men and two
joints of stovepipe mounted on the running gear of an abandoned
wagon. This episode won him a nickname of "Stovepipe." He was
promoted to Brigadier General in June 1864 but in August 1864 was
accidentally shot and blinded by one of his own men. After the war
ended, Johnson returned to Texas and became a successful
businessman. He founded Marble Falls, Texas, in 1887. His memoir,
The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army, was first
published in 1904 and was selected by John H. Jenkins III as one
of the basic Texas books. One of Johnson's men, Thomas S. Miller,
wrote this of Johnson: "Paladin of old was not more daring and
heroic than this Southern knight on the field of battle. No man in
the Southern army, no matter how high his rank, displayed more
military skills. . . . He was literally the 'Swamp Fox' of Kentucky."

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