Ebenezer Magoffin
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Not to be confused with Ebenezer Magoffin (October 3, 1851 – May 24, 1936), a son of Kentucky Governor Beriah Magoffin.
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]
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Colonel Ebenezer Magoffin | |
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Born | 1817 Mercer County, Kentucky |
Died | 1865 |
Buried | Woodlawn Cemetery, Jackson County, Missouri[1] |
Relations | Beriah Magoffin (brother)[2] |
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