# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/felix-zollicoffer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:04:00.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/felix-zollicoffer"
name: "Felix Zollicoffer"
slug: "felix-zollicoffer"
description: "Felix Kirk Zollicoffer was an American newspaperman, slave owner, politician, and soldier. He was three-term U.S. representative 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."
tagline: "Confederate Army general and American politician (1812-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Felix_Zollicoffer-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1812-05-19"
deathDate: "1862-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             4.510402219140083
  historical:           5.701658666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Zollicoffer"
    title: "Felix Zollicoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فيليكس زوليكوفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Zollicoffer"
    title: "Felix Zollicoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Zollicoffer"
    title: "Felix Zollicoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Kirk_Zollicoffer"
    title: "Felix Kirk Zollicoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Zollicoffer"
    title: "Felix Zollicoffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1403915"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump