Tag Archives: Zebulon Vance

Book Review: “The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January—May 1864”

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Ryan Quint

The Confederacy faced a series of ever-increasing problems by the winter of 1863-1864. Logistically, they were running out of supplies. Politically, the war that seemed to have no end to its bloody lists was wearing down the morale of the … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Philip Gerard on The Last Battleground (part two)

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Part two of six Yesterday, we began a conversation with author Philip Gerard about his excellent new book The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina (UNC Press, 2019). “I started out knowing pretty much nothing about the … Continue reading →

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The Vance Brothers

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Phill Greenwalt

On a recent trip to North Carolina to speak at the Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table, I made a slight detour to visit the city of Asheville. While there I continued a mini-quest of mine to see the … Continue reading →

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