ZOLLICOFFER, Felix Kirk

Confederate

Born: May 19 1812, Maury Cty TN

Died: January 19 1862, Mill Springs KY

Pre-War Profession: Newspaperman, Seminole war , politician, US congressman

War Service: July 1861 Brig. Gen. in Provisional Confederate Army, moved precipitately into Kentucky, Mill Springs (k).

Post War: The 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment mistook the Union 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment for blue-clad Confederates. In the confusion, the near-sighted Zollicoffer, wearing a white raincoat, rode into the lines of the 4th Kentucky.A Confederate aide then rode out of the fog firing at the Union force Union soldiers returned fire, killing Zollicoffer who had begun to ride away as the incident unfolded.