Felix Zollicoffer - Feb 11, 2015 | Alexander Historical Auctions Llc In Md
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FELIX ZOLLICOFFER
FELIX ZOLLICOFFER
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FELIX ZOLLICOFFER (1812 - 1862) Confederate brigadier general who was killed by the forces of Gen. Speed S. Fry at Mill Springs Ky. Fine association D.S. ""F. K. Zollicoffer B. Genl."" 1p. 8vo. ""Camp Buck Grove[?] Ky."" Dec. 22 1861. Zollicoffer places his approval beneath a manuscript signed order by Col. D. Y. CUMMINGS commanding the 19th Tenn. Regt. to supply coffee with a second signed item his attestation that the coffee would be for his own use appearing beneath. Zollicoffer's approval appears at bottom. Folds and edge wear some spots still quite good. Cummings may have been the last to see Zollicoffer alive. Just a few weeks later on Jan. 19 1862 at Mill Springs Zollicoffer rode forward to investigate a complaint of friendly fire from Cummings' 19th Tennessee hitting men from the 25th Tennessee. Riding further on in the mist he was intercepted by a Union officer and shot dead.
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