Duncan Farrar Kenner (February 11, 1813 – July 3, 1887) was a Louisiana farmer, politician, lawyer, and diplomat for the Confederate States during the American Civil War. As a member of the CS House of Representatives, he urged the abolition of slavery, believing that this institution was the prime obstacle to foreign recognition of the Confederate nation.
Kenner was part of a delegation of Congressmen and Senators that Lee had invited to examine the captured Rivington Men's headquarters in Richmond after the Richmond Massacre occurred on March 4, 1868. He had been primed by Judah Benjamin to ask the purpose of the meeting allowing Lee to explain what he had discovered about the Rivington Men.[2] As part of his explanation, Lee had laid out captured reference books and other documents for the delegation to examine. This strengthened Kenner's support for Lee's position.[3]
