Browsing named entities in Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2. You can also browse the collection for Z. B. Vance or search for Z. B. Vance in all documents.

Your search returned 18 results in 2 document sections:

Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 46: correspondence between President Davis and Governor Z. B. Vance. (search)
Chapter 46: correspondence between President Davis and Governor Z. B. Vance. The dissatisfaction, which had been rather whispered than proclaimed, now began to be more pronounced, and the pernicious effects were noticed in the incendiary articles published in North Carolina, while her troops were bleeding on every field and performing prodigies of valor. The President wrote on this subject to the Governor of the State as follows: President Davis to Governor Z. B. Vance: confidential. Executive Office, Richmond, Va., July 24, 1863. His Excellency Z. B. Vance, Governor of the State of North Carolina. Dear Sir: A letter has just been received by their terms. The effort to obtain peace is the principal matter. Allow me to beg your earnest consideration of these suggestions. Very respectfully yours, Z. B. Vance. Executive Office, Richmond, Va., January 8, 1864. Dear Sir: I have received your letter of the 30th ult., containing suggestions of the measures to be adop
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 79: General Sherman's accusations. (search)
er, containing this threat, was written to Governor Vance, now United States Senator, in reply to hi Print Senator Sherman's Historical Papers-Senators Vance and Brown Stand by their Record-General Shthe Confederate States, was taken up. Senator Vance said that as the Senate would probably pas we generally thought it was the desire of Governor Vance and of the officials to take North Carolin protection. Concerning this statement, Senator Vance remarked that he wished to say, first, tha such letter there and no such copy-books when Vance occupied the house; fourth, he averred most poan to corroborate his statement were such, Senator Vance thought, as would scarcely commend themsel, his opinions were of little importance. Senator Vance supposed it was perhaps the little attentiGeneral Sherman that more nearly concerned Senator Vance, and to which he would ask the attention of the Senate. It may be, sir, continued Senator Vance, that Northern gentlemen who were on the vi[5 more...]