Felix Zollicoffer
Confederate Army general and American politician
Died when: 49 years 245 days (596 months)Star Sign: Taurus

Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (May 19, 1812 – January 19, 1862) was an American newspaperman, slave owner, politician, and soldier.A three-term United States Congressman from Tennessee, an officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War; he led the first Confederate invasion of eastern Kentucky and was killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs.
Zollicoffer was the first Confederate general to die in the Western Theater.
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