Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-07-12

Gem. Rrsss Aeeeuht " thle Ktlftnn ~ NJ
D~emrc0efas AonexssA.
The Danvine Advocate called Cen.
Fry's attention 10 the article n the
Lexington Press, which asserted that
Fry did not kill Zollicofer, and head
yocate says:
1t is proper 10 say that Gen. Fry
makes no boast Of the affair, and 10
rather reluctant TO talk about II; but
the truth Of history should be establish
ed, and therefore we deem ! pforAT to
give this statement from Gen. Fry's
own lips. which can be relied upon as
accurate in every important particular
After the firing had ceased, immedi-
ately Ia front OF Col. Fry's regiment, he
was standing near the fence on the north
O Loean,s field, and finding the enemy
had retired from his front, he turned
and rode toward the road which ran
parallel with and a few yards from the
fence. AS he neared the road, he saw
an officer on horseback riding down the
road toward the right Of his Tool. Frye
regiment. This officer and Col. Fry
met in the road and sat side by side
their knees touching. The officer ad.
dressed Col Fry in the following Lam
guage: owe must not shoot our
own meni" "Of course / would
not do such a thing Intentionally"
| replied Col. Fry. The officer then said
(pointing to his Lefty, "These are u
men" Col. Fry then rode off to the
right OF his regiment some twenty or
twenty-five PAGES, leaving the officer
| standing in the road just where he had
met him. When reaching the right OF
his regiment Col. Fry turned to ascer.
tam what was going Oh behind him, and
the first thing that attracted his atten'
ton was the appearance OF another
officer, who rode out from behind a large
tree very near the officer whom Col. Fry
had first met. This last officer had his
pistol drawn, and fred at Col. Fry, miss
ing him but striking his horse inst above
The lett hip bone. Col. Fry, finding
he was not struck, Immediately drew hii
pistol, intending to fire upon his assail
ant. In this be was prevented, how,
ever, by the officer taking shelter behind
the same tree from which he had
emerged. This occurrence at once led
Col. Fry to believe that the officer he
had met with was a Confederate. Gus
here 1t is proper to say that up to that
moment Col. Fry labored under the i'm
preston that the officer he had met wa
a federal, as about that time several
,ederal regiments had arrived upon the
field, the officers of which were entire
strangers to him. Another thing, too
which prevented Col. Fry from recog
MIXING the officer as a confederate
was the fact that his uniform wal
entirely concealed by a white gum over
coat. Believing as he did that an at
tempt had been made TO- either capture
or kill him, ard that this officer hat
originated the scheme, Col, Fry at onct
determined to aim his shot at him. HI
did so, fred, and he fell. The surgeon
who examined the wounds upon Gen
Zollicofer's body after it was removed
to the rear, informed Col. Fry tina
there was a wound in the lett breas
made by a minute ball shot from 8 pis
tol, penetrating the top of the heart
which was tho immediate cause of hi
death. We are authorized in sayinI
that, in the conversation between Ger
Zollicoffer and Col. Fry, Col. Stanton
name was not once mentioned nor di'
Col. Fry ever use the expression: " Yer
they are our own men and 30 are you.
We are also assured that Col. Fry di
not fire his pistol until after he ha
been fred upon by the officer who rod
out, from behind the tree close to tn
side of Gen. Zollicoffer. Gen. Zolli
Golfer fell just where he was when Co
Fry met him, and looked anything but
plain countryman. He was well dressed
calm, courteous and digni6ed nor WIS
there any sixteen or eighteen men sim
larly dressed advancing to the RICH
After Dol. Fry had ridden off to tn
right of his regiment, some forty or fit,
or perhaps many more, confederate 30
diers we're discovered in the woods som
distance to the left of Gen. Z~1llicoffe
They seemed to have gotten there b
mistake, and as soon Rs they were dil
covered Col Fry's regiment was ordere
to charge and capture them, but the
Immediately fed and made their escap
1t is proper to state that Col. Fry WI
! dressed in full uniform, without owe
T, coat or anything that could conceal it.