Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Wild-cat, in Kentucky” in alphabetic letter pos=26, entry group 1, entry zollicoffer-felix-kirk of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ent advocate of State supremacy, and in 1861 was a member of the peace conference.
Then he became a brigadiergeneral in the Confederate army, taking command of east Tennessee.
In a battle at Camp Wild-cat, in Kentucky , Oct. 21, 1861, he was defeated by General Schoepf.
He was killed in the battle of Mill Spring, Jan. 19, 1862.
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