The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-17
FRY AND zOLLICOFFER.
Gen. FFy's Account Of the Killing OF q
Confederate General

Gen. FFy's Account Of the killing OF Ine
Confederate SseneraI-
The DanviIle Advocate called Gen.
Fry's attention to the article in the
Lexington Press. which asserted that
Fry did not kill Zollicofer, and the Ad-
vocate says:
It is proper to say that Gen. Fry
makes no boSst of the affair, and is
rather reluctant to talk about it; but
the truth OF history should be establish
ed, and therefore we deem it proper 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 in front Of Col. Fry's regiment, he
was standing nesr the fence on the north
o Logsn's field, and finding the enemy
had retired from his front, he turned
and rode toward the road whicn ran
parallel with and 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 (Col. 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 Ian
guage: We must not shoot our
own menp "Of course 1 would
not do such 8 thing Intentionally
replied Col. Fry. The officer then said
| (pointing to his leit), "These are our
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-
tain what was going on behind him, and
the first thing that attracted his atten.
ton was the appearance of another
officer, who rode out from behind 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 left hip bone. Col. Fry, finding
he was not struck, Immediately drew his
pistol, intending to fire upon his assail'
ant. IN this he 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 Confederate. (Jusi
here it is proper to say that up to that
moment Col. Fry Iabored under the i'm.
preston that the officer ne had met was
1
federal regiments had arrived upon the
| field, the officers of which were entire
strangers TO him. Another thing, too
which prevented Col. Fry from recog,
nizing tins officer as q confederate
was the fact that his uniform was
entirely concealed by white gum over
cost. Believing as he did that an at
tempt had been made to- either capture
nr kill him, and that this officer had
originated the scheme, Col. Fry at once
| determined to aim his shot at him. He
did SO, fred, and he fell. The surgeon
who examined the wounds upon Gen
! Zollicofer's body after it was removed
to the zear, informed Col. Fry tina
there was q wound in the lett breas
made by a minute ball shot from a pis
toll, penetrating the top Of the heart
| which was tho immediate cause of hi
death. We are authorized in sayin,
that, il the conversation between Gen
Zollicofer and Col. Fry, Col. Stanton
name was not once mentioned nor die
Col. Fry ever USE the expression: Yes
they are our own men and so are yeu.'
! We sre also assured that Col. Fry die
not fire his pistol until after he haC
been fred upon by the officer who rod
out from behind the tree close to TIT
side of Gen. Zollicofer. Gen. Z9lli
Golfer fell just where he was when Col
Fry met him, and looked anything but ;
plain countryman. He was well dressed
calm, courteous and dignifed nor wa
there any sixteen or eighteen men SINH
larly dressed advancing to the right
After Col. Fry had ridden off to TIT
right of his regiment, some forty or fifty
or perhaps many more, confederate sol
diers were discovered in, the woods sons
distsnce to the left of Gen. Zollicoffer
They seemed to have gotten there b,
mistake, and as soon as they were dis
covered Sol FrY's regiment was ordered
to charge and capture them, but the!
Immediately fed and made their escape
1t is proper to state that Col Fry wa
dressed in full uniform, without over
coat or anything that could conceal it.