Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1892 — zOLLICOFFER'S DEATH. [ARTICLE]

zOLLICOFFER'S DEATH.

How the Hebei Leader Wm Shot by the lots General Frye. PMUfieTphi* Telegraph. The event which first made the dame of General Speed S. Frye famous was’the killing of Brig.*-Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, of the confederate army at the battle of Mill Springs. Jan. 15, 1862. A member of General Frye's staff once wrote the following account of the tragedy: ~ '*’* ■ •‘lt was a gray, foggy morning, and as the battle began about daylight the woods were soon filled with smoke, which, added to theTdehla fog, caused much confusion to the troop 9on both sides. About 8 o'clock General Frye was sitting on his horse in a narrow country road some distance in advance of his troops. Suddenly General Zolllcoffer at the bead of bis staff dashed up. fie thought he was still in the confederate lines, and supposing Frye was a confederate ordered him to stop the firing on his men, as they were firing on their own troops. Zollicoffer wore a white rubber coat, and Frye, believing him to be a federal officer, turned to obey. As he did so young Bailie Peyton, son of the Tennessee Representative and famous turfman, who was one of Zollicoffer’s aids, saw his mistake and fired his pistol at Frye, the ballet going through his horse’s neck. Frye, too, then realized his mistake, and turning his horse quickly rode full tilt at Zollicoffer, both sides firing as he approached. When within a few feet, General Frye took deliberate aim at his foe, and sent a bullet through his breasts Zollicoffer fell from bis horse and died in a short time. Hearing the firing, Frye’s men came to his aid, and in the fight young Peytqp, who fired the first shot, was killed and the confederates routed. Frye’s action was considered one of the nervies personal feats performed during the war »