Zebulon Vance

Zebulon Vance Historical Figure Nationality: United States (Confederate States, 1861-1865) Year of Birth: 1830 Year of Death: 1894 Cause of Death: Natural causes Occupation: Lawyer, politician, soldier Spouse: Harriette Espy (d. 1878), Florence Steele Martin Children: Five Military Branch: Confederate Army Political Party: Whig Party, American "Know Nothing" Party, Conservative Party of North Carolina (c. 1862-1872), Democratic Party (1872-1894) Political Office(s): United States Representative from North Carolina, Confederate Governor of North Carolina, United States Governor of North Carolina, United States Senator from North Carolina Fictional Appearances: The Guns of the South POD: January 17, 1864 Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference Nationality: Confederate States Military Branch: CS Army (Second American Revolution) Political Office(s): Governor of North Carolina

Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and also served as the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and a U.S. Senator. A prodigious writer, Vance became one of the most influential Southern leaders of the Civil War and postbellum periods.

Zebulon Vance in The Guns of the South

Governor Vance of North Carolina enforced President Lee's proclamation suspending habeas corpus in the state in March 1868, by recalling the 47th Infantry to enforce martial law in Nash County, and suppress the Rivington Men's insurrection.

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Political offices (OTL)
Preceded by Thomas L. Clingman	U.S. Representative, 8th North Carolina District 1858-1861	Succeeded by Vacant until 1873 Next is Robert B. Vance
Preceded by Henry T. Clark	Governor of North Carolina 1862-1865	Succeeded by William W. Holden
Preceded by Curtis H. Brogden	Governor of North Carolina 1877-1879	Succeeded by Thomas J. Jarvis
Preceded by Augustus S. Merrimon	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from North Carolina 1879-1894	Succeeded by Thomas J. Jarvis
Political offices (The Guns of the South)
Preceded by Henry T. Clark	Governor of North Carolina 1862-18??	Succeeded by Incumbent at novel's end, 1868