Samuel Benton 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 of wounds received in the Battle of Atlanta before the notification of his promotion reached him.
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 18, 1820
- Died
- July 28, 1864
