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Main article: Newburgh Raid
On July 18, 1862, Newburgh was the first town north of the Mason-Dixon line to be captured by the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Colonel Adam R. Johnson, with a partisan band, crossed the Ohio River and confiscated supplies and ammunition without a shot being fired. The Confederates would have been unable to shell the city (as promised) had Newburgh put up a fight. The Confederates' 'cannons' were an assemblage of stove pipe, a charred log, and wagon wheels.
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On July 18, 1862, Newburgh was the first town north of the Mason-Dixon line to be captured by the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Colonel Adam R. Johnson, with a partisan band, crossed the Ohio River and confiscated supplies and ammunition without a shot being fired. The Confederates would have been unable to shell the city (as promised) had Newburgh put up a fight. The Confederates' 'cannons' were an assemblage of stove pipe, a charred log, and wagon wheels.
also this link
http://amapedia.amazon.com/view/Thunder+from+a+Clear+Sky:+Stovepipe+Johnson's+Confederate+Raid+on+Newburgh,+Indiana/id=176125