Felix Zollicoffer
U.S. Congressperson
1812 – 1862
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Who was Felix Zollicoffer?
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer was a newspaperman, three-term United States Congressman from Tennessee, officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He led the first Confederate invasion of eastern Kentucky and was killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs. Zollicoffer was the first Confederate general to die in the Western Theater.
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- Born
- May 19, 1812
Maury County - Also known as
- Felix K. Zollicoffer
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Education
- Jackson College
- Died
- Jan 19, 1862
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on July 23, 2013
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