The Death of Zollicoffer, The Death of Rebel Kentucky
Eric | January 19, 2012
January 19, 1862 (Sunday) They marched north through the night, through a January thunderstorm. The column, led by General Felix Zollicoffer, 4,000-strong, stumbled upon Federal cavalry at dawn, greeting the sun with the rapid crackle of musket fire. For over a month, the Rebels had been on the north bank of the Cumberland River, near [...]













