Mill Springs

or Fishing Creek, Ky. Here General Critten- | den, commanding 5,000 Confederates, was defeated by General Thomas | and a Union army of 8,000, January 19, 1862. Crittenden planned a night attack, which miscarried, owing to Thomas’ strong position. The Confederates made a desperate charge, but were repulsed by an Ohio regiment and took refuge in an intrenched camp. General Zollicoffer, Confederate, was killed.: Mill-boy of the Slashes, a designation applied to Henry Clay, who was born in humble circumstances in the portion of Hanover County, = Virginia, known as the ‘‘Slashes,’”” and, like other farm-boys, used to ride to mill.. 456