| Colonel Ebenezer Magoffin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1817 |
| Died | 1865 |
| Place of birth | Mercer County, Kentucky |
| Buried at | Woodlawn Cemetery, Jackson County, Missouri[1] |
| Relations | Beriah Magoffin (brother)[2] |
Ebenezer Magoffin was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War.
He was sentenced to death on 20 February 1862 by a military commission. His brother, the Governor of Kentucky at the time, sent a letter to President Lincoln asking for clemency.[3] Lincoln suspended the sentence pending review but Magoffin escaped Alton Prison where he had been confined on 24 July.[4] He was stabbed to death in 1865 while intervening in a pub brawl.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "Ebenezer Magoffin". https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68361624/ebenezer-magoffin. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ↑ "Beriah Magoffin 14 February 1773–9 March 1843". https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZXZ-MVT/beriah-magoffin-1773-1843. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ↑ Gerteis, Louis (2012). The Civil War in Missouri: A Military History. University of Missouri Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780826272744.
- ↑ "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln5/1:367?rgn=div1;view=fulltext. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ↑ Bauser, Beverly. "The Colonel Ebenezer Magoffin Story". https://madison.illinoisgenweb.org/town_histories/alton/magoffin_colonelEbenezer.html. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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