Zebulon+Vance


 * Zebulon Vance **
 * Zebulon B. Vance had been the rising star of North Carolina politics during the 1850's. Born in Buncombe County near Asheville, he had been elected governor in 1862. He was a very popular man indeed. He was so popular that he was elected governor while still being in the army. He was the "soldiers candidate." He was also said to have been the best speaker ever heard in North Carolina. Early in the Civil War, Vance became the first commander of the regiment trained by Henry Burgwyn. That's what his part was in the army during the Civil War. He was a nice, loving man to everybody; although, he often quarreled with the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. As governor, he sympathized with those who thought North Carolina was being treated unfairly. He insisted that all supplies raised in the state go only to North Carolina troops and he wanted to make sure that the troops were as comfortable as possible. He was a well-loved man. He died the month of April in 1894 in the city of Asheville. **
 * Zebulon B. Vance had been the rising star of North Carolina politics during the 1850's. Born in Buncombe County near Asheville, he had been elected governor in 1862. He was a very popular man indeed. He was so popular that he was elected governor while still being in the army. He was the "soldiers candidate." He was also said to have been the best speaker ever heard in North Carolina. Early in the Civil War, Vance became the first commander of the regiment trained by Henry Burgwyn. That's what his part was in the army during the Civil War. He was a nice, loving man to everybody; although, he often quarreled with the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. As governor, he sympathized with those who thought North Carolina was being treated unfairly. He insisted that all supplies raised in the state go only to North Carolina troops and he wanted to make sure that the troops were as comfortable as possible. He was a well-loved man. He died the month of April in 1894 in the city of Asheville. **

Appomattox Courhouse was the place where general of the Confederate army, Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, general of the Union army. It was located in Appomattox County in VA. This battle was the ending to the Civil War. Lee decided to make one last attempt to escape to reach his supplies in Lynchberg. Unfortuanately, it didn't go as planned. They were stopped in advance in their tracks and surrounded on three sides. Lee decided to end it here because he knew that there was no way for them to win and he didn't want anymore blood shed for such a pointless and useless war.
 * __Appomattox Courthouse__ **