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The Death of Zollicoffer,


Creek, Kentucky, but all agree that he
was killed by Col. Fry of The 4th Ken.
lucky regiment, an old schoolmate and
friend of the rebel general. The account
which seems most authentic says;-
"Col. Fry was lying in ambush, with
a squad of his regiment, when ZollicoFer
appeared at the head of detachment Of
troops, which detachment was MARCHING
rapidly In advance of the main confederate
force. When the general had arrived with.
in twenty feet of the ambush where Fry
and his men were concealed, the Col
sprang forward and drew his navy revolver
and presented it at the confederate Gen.
Upon discovering Col. Fry across his path,
Gen. Zollicoffer threw up both hands, and
exclaimed; Hold, Fry; you would not,
shoot your old friend, would youi?' Then
placing his right hand on his pistol, and
pointing back to his command continued:
Look, there are all your friends which
remark was evidently intended to draw
Fry's attention away from him, while he
would improve the occasion by shooting
Fry. The brave Colonel did not heed the
remark, but said: j will attend to YOU
first, and pulling the trigger, Zollicoffer
fell with ball through his breast. His
last words were am killed all's WE'LL
and with a groan expired. The detach-
ment then turned on their heels, and re.
treated to the main body of the army.
Here, too, fell young Baltic Peyton, son
of a venerable man, we'll known to the
nation. Young Peyton, like his father,
struggled long against disunion. He was
hisscd and insulted last May for telling
his love for the old Union.
The death Of their general does not
seem to have greatly dishcartened the
enemy. They continued their attacks
with as much vehcmence as ever. The
second Minnesota regiment came up and
formed along the fence, on the left of the
fourth Kentucky. The rebels still extend
ed their line to flank us on that side
The eighteenth Mississippi charged up to
the fence, and the men in the two regi-
ments fought hand to hand, catching hold
of each others guns, and trying to drag
them through and over the fence, but ID
was all in vain.
rode over the battle field in the eves
ming. Our men were burying the dead,
but many still lay CHASTITY where they
fell. The wounded had been all taken up.
The same kind treatment was extended to-
the enemy's wounded which was given to-
our own. The universal remark which
they made to me as passed through the
hospital was We never expected to be
treated so. We have been misled. We
!
expect cd to be served like dogs should we
fall into your hands. You are kinder
to us than we should have been to you
The only difference was in the burial of
the dead. Those of the enemy were laid
together in common pits. Our own were
buried in separate graves, and on many
of them saw young cedars already plant
ed by their comrades.
Poor Zollicofer He has been a
most unfortunate man. Distrusted by
his party on account of his supposed
liberality toward the North, which was
his birthplace, his political aspirations
were destroyed before the rebellion COM
menced. In its inception he was bitterly
opposed to it, and struggled against dis
union till that great food tide came
which swept away so many of those
whose names were once vcncrated through
out the land. Assuming command of the
confederate troops in East Tennessee, he
became terror there and along the up
per Cumberland, not, as am convinced.
through any disposition of his own to be
cruel or rapacious, but on account of the
wild and undisciplined hordes which he
commanded but could not control. His
fidelity to the upstart government was
doubted, and he fought the battle Of
Wild Cat against the advice of every
colonel in his army, and with reckless