Governor Beriah Magoffin
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Governor Beriah Magoffin was forced to order Confederates off of Kentucky soil when the General Assembly overrode his veto in September 1861. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Encounter at Burnt Mill
Encounter at Burnt Mill
Historical Marker #1915 in Webster County notes a September 15, 1861, skirmish between local Confederate-sympathizing militia troops and a Union force.
Although Kentucky had officially declared armed neutrality in May 1861, by early September…