Samuel Benton

soldier (1820-1864) Date Of Birth : 1820-10-18T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1864-07-28T00:00:00Z

Samuel Benton (1820–1864) was an American attorney, newspaper publisher and politician. He served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was promoted to brigadier general but died two days later before the notification of his promotion reached him.

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