THUNDER FROM A CLEAR SKY: Stovepipe Johnson's Confederate Raid on Newburgh, Indiana - Softcover

Mulesky, Raymond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583483004 ISBN 13: 9781583483008

Publisher: iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

This isn't an ordinary Civil War tale. It is the all-true but little-known story of Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson-Kentucky legend, Texas hero, and Confederate cavalry officer-who boldly led the first Confederate raid across the Mason-Dixon Line to capture the thriving river-port community of Newburgh, Indiana, during the American Civil War. Not a shot was fired. With the politically divided landscape of Civil War Kentucky and the steamboat economy of the Ohio River as its backdrop, this is the historically accurate account of surprise nocturnal strikes, opportunistic military occupations, and a swashbuckling Rebel icon's daring daylight invasion into the Northern homeland that sealed the fate of western Kentucky for the remainder of the war. Vivid, thorough, and painstakingly researched, Thunder from a Clear Sky documents five critical weeks of 1862 Civil War history and shares the untold tale of one man's immeasurable impact on a nation at war."A fascinating account of how a skilled former Indian fighter gathered a few Kentucky rebels and 'woke up' the slumbering Indiana Home Guard."-Evansville Courier & Press Book Reviews "An important and, until now, largely neglected story about the American Civil War... Thunder from a Clear Sky stands as a fresh and important contribution in a field long studied."-Professor Randy K. Mills, Ph.D., Oakland City University, author of Jonathan Jennings: Indiana's First Governor

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Praise for Thunder From a Clear Sky

Midwest Book Review
"Thunder from a Clear Sky is the breathtaking true story of Confederate cavalry officer Adam 'Stovepipe' Johnson, who led the first Confederate raid across the Mason-Dixon Line to seize the river-port community of Newburgh, Indiana, during the American Civil War. Not a shot was fired. A highly accessible true story of how an ordinary man proved capable of a military master stroke, and the fallout thereafter when the territory he claimed was retaken by Union troops. A welcome contribution to Civil War and military history shelves."

Evansville Courier & Press Book Reviews
"A fascinating account of how a skilled former Indian fighter gathered a few Kentucky rebels and 'woke up' the slumbering Indiana Home Guard."

Kirkus Discoveries
"History buffs will undoubtedly appreciate this illuminating account of an event outside the periphery of most history books."

Texas Hill Country Magazine
"Well written...I found Thunder from a Clear Sky to be a fascinating read...I think anyone interested in Texas history would enjoy this book."

Bluegrass Roots, The Quarterly Journal of the Kentucky Genealogical Society
"The story of how one man, Adam Rankin Johnson, scoured the countryside near Henderson, Kentucky, looking for recruits for the Confederacy, and ended up heading the group that was the first to invade the state of Indiana. This is a marvelous book and I highly recommend it."

About the Author:

Since arriving in the Midwest twenty years ago, Ray Mulesky has immersed himself in the rich Civil War history of Indiana and Kentucky. He lives in Evansville, Indiana, with his wife and son. Please visit the author's official Web site at www.thunderfromaclearsky.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1583483004
• ISBN 13: 9781583483008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200