JOHNSON, Adam Rankin "Stovepipe"

Confederate

Born: February 8 1834, Henderson KY

Died: October 20 1922, Burnet TX

Pre-War Profession: Surveyor, Indian scout, mail contractor.

War Service: 1861 enlisted by Bedford Forrest as a scout, Fort Donelson, partisan ranger activity in Kentucky, Col., joined John Hunt Morgan's command, Ohio raid, June 1864 Brig. Gen., at Grubb's Cross Roads was shot and blinded by his own troops (c), soon exchanged, continued to serve.

Post War: Johnson returned to Texas after being exchanged and paroled in 1865. Although blind, he founded a town, established a company, and worked to harness the water power of the Colorado River.