N.C. Historical Publications Office Issues Third Volume of 'The Papers of Zebulon Baird Vance'

The latest volume of historical papers covers the final year and a half of Zebulon B. Vance's governorship, including the end of the Civil War.
By: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
 
RALEIGH, N.C. - Dec. 31, 2013 - PRLog -- RALEIGH, N.C. -- 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, disaffection among North Carolina citizens, conflicts with the Confederate government over blockade running, impressment, and the increasing calls for a peace convention. Also included is the flurry of correspondence between Vance and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston before Johnston’s 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 (hardbound, pp. xxxix, 584, illustrated and indexed) retails for $45.00 plus shipping and N.C. sales tax. To order a copy through the online Historical Publications Shop, go to http://nc-historical-publications.stores.yahoo.net/vance3.html.

Historical Publications is also offering a Vance Papers set of volumes 1 (1843-1862), 2 (1863) and 3 (1864-1865) of the series for $60.00 plus shipping and N.C. sales tax, a 37% savings off the purchase of the three volumes separately.

For more information about volume 3 of the Vance Papers or about the Vance Papers set, contact Bill Owens at (919) 733-7442, ext. 225, or by email at bill.owens@ncdcr.gov.

Historical Publications is part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's cultural resources to build the social, cultural and economic future of North Carolina. Led by Secretary Susan W. Kluttz, NCDCR's mission is to enrich lives and communities creates opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state's history and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella.

Through arts efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of Art; NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and old alike and economic stimulus engines for our state's communities. NCDCR's Divisions of State Archives, Historical Resources, State Historic Sites and State History Museums preserve, document and interpret North Carolina's rich cultural heritage. NCDCR's State Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in our state; developing and supporting access to traditional and online collections such as genealogy and resources for the blind and physically handicapped.

NCDCR annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State Archives. NCDCR champions our state's creative industry that accounts for more than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more information, call (919) 807-7300.

Contact
Fay Mitchell
fay.mitchell@ncdcr.gov
919-807-7389
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