Colonel Ebenezer Magoffin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1817 Mercer County, Kentucky |
| Died | 1865 |
| Buried | Woodlawn Cemetery, Jackson County, Missouri[1] |
| Relations | Beriah Magoffin (brother)[2] |
Ebenezer "Ben" Magoffin (1817-1865) was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who carried a Missouri State Guard's colonel's commission and became a prominent figure in the early phase of the war in Missouri.[3] He was sentenced to death by a Union Army military commission in 1862, but was spared execution after Kentucky Governor Beriah Magoffin pleaded for the life of his brother with Abraham Lincoln.[4]
- ^ "Ebenezer Magoffin". Find A Grave. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Gerteis, Louis. The Civil War in Missouri: A Military History. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2012, p. 125. ISBN 9780826219725
- ^ Levin, H. The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Southern Historical Press, 1982, p. 513.
- ^ Missouri Historical Review, Volume 88, 1993, p. 419.