Zebulon+Vance

=__**Zebulon Vance**__= Zebulon Vance was born on May 13, 1830 at Reems Creek in Buncombe County, he was the son of David Vance the second and Mira Margaret Baird Vance. As a child his mother taught him and provided most of his education,also his father passed away in 1844. When he grew up he was county solicor at 21, state legislature at 24, Congressmen at 28, Confederate Colonel at 31, and governor at 32. Vance at the time was the most political leader in North Carolina.

=__**Appomattox Courthouse**__= On April 9, 1865 John Gordon's army and Lee's army formed a battle line at Appomattox Court House. General Robert E Lee was determined to make one last attempt to escape the closing Unions problems and reach his supplies in Lynchburg. At dawn the confederates advanced gaining ground against the union army. However the arrival of the Unions ifantry stopped the advance in its tracks. Lee's army was surrounded on 3 sides. And on April 9th Grant surrendered ending the war.

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