Newburgh Raid
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newburgh-raid-244-3263091
title:
Newburgh Raid
text:
The Newburgh Raid was a successful raid by Confederate partisans on Newburgh, Indiana, on July 18, 1862, making it the first town in a northern state to be captured during the American Civil War. Confederate colonel Adam Rankin Johnson led the raid by using a force of only about 35 men he had recruited from nearby Henderson, Kentucky. They confiscated supplies and ammunition without a shot being fired by tricking Newburgh's defenders into thinking the town was surrounded by cannons. In reality,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
The most northern city ever to be captured by the Confederates
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Raid
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date modified:
2024-01-11T20:23:38Z
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13
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