Letter: Robert Brank Vance to Zebulon B. Vance, January 28, 1863

Title

Letter: Robert Brank Vance to Zebulon B. Vance, January 28, 1863

Creator

["Vance, Robert B. (Robert Brank), 1828-1899."]

Place

["Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States","Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States","Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States","French Broad River, Tennessee, United States"]

Local Call Number

PC.15

MARS ID

524 (Record Group)

Document Details

Title

Letter: Robert Brank Vance to Zebulon B. Vance, January 28, 1863

Creator

["Vance, Robert B. (Robert Brank), 1828-1899."]

Rights

The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.

Description

A letter from Robert Bank Vance to his brother Zebulon Baird Vance. In this letter he reminisces of childhood days playing in the mountains of North Carolina. He also asks his brother to write a recommendation letter to General Braxton Bragg so that he may be get a Brigadier commission. He was promoted to Brigadier General in March of the same year.

Subject

["United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Confederate States of America. Army--Officers","Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 60th","Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 39th"]

Index Terms

Vance, Harriette Epsy; Davidson, Allen Turner; Davidson, Hugh Harvey; Wharton, John Austin; Forrest, Nathan Bedford; Wheeler, Joseph; Morgan, John Tyler; Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876; Cheatham, Benjamin Franklin, 1820-1886; McCown, John Porter; Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894; Vance, Robert B. (Robert Brank), 1828-1899

Local Call Number

PC.15

MARS ID

524 (Record Group)

Place

Time Period

["(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction"]

Digital Collections

["Civil War Collection"]

Source Collections

["Zebulon Baird Vance Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Physical Characteristics

2 pages

Format

["Letters (Correspondence)"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina","State Library of North Carolina"]

Notes Public

This item was scanned as part of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration at the State Archives of North Carolina. It was part of the monthly documents on the North Carolina Civil War 150 website (http://civilwar150nc.wordpress.com).

Identifier

PC_15_1_Zebulon_Baird_Vance_Papers_18630128

Letter: Robert Brank Vance to Zebulon B. Vance, January 28, 1863

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