The third volume in The Papers of Zebulon Baird Vance series is now available. The last 18 months of Vance's governorship at the end of the Civil War (1864-1865) are chronicled in the more than 200 letters and other documents transcribed and annotated in this volume.
Topics discussed include conscription, desertion and disaffection among North Carolina citizens, and conflicts with the Confederate government over blockade running, impressment and and the increasing calls for a peace convention. Also included is the flurry of correspondence between Vance and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston prior to his surrender to Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett Place in Durham on April 26, 1865.
The Papers of Zebulon Baird Vance, Volume 3: 1864-1865 retails for $50 through our affiliate, UNC Press.