2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/28/2022
VANCE, Robert Brank (1828 - 1899) Vance entered the Confederacy forming the "Buncombe County Life Guards" (later, Company H of the 29th North Carolina Infantry Regiment). On January 14, 1864, he was assigned a mission at Cosby Creek, Tennessee. Vance intercepted a major supply train going to General Ambrose Burnside's troops near Knoxville, but when he tried to take the wagons to North Carolina, Vance, and nearly all of his troops, were captured by Sergeant Everett W. Anderson of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. On March 10, 1865, Lincoln granted Vance a conditional full pardon, allowing him to return to North Carolina, but requiring him not to fight again. Signed Sheet, 4" x 3", "Robt. B. Vance, Riverside N.C.", likely removed from a prisoners autograph book.
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