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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk 1812- (search)
Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk 1812- Military officer; born in Maury county, Tenn., May 19, 1812; was a printer and newspaper Felix Kirk Zollicoffer. publisher at Paris, Tenn. In 1832 he edited the Nashville banner, the leading Whig paper in the State, and in 1835 was chosen State printer. He was comptroller of the State treasury from 1845 to 1849, and State Senator in 1849. From 1853 to 1859 he was in Congress, and a persistent 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.