The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-28

zeal and daring by suggesting that picked
r,.n Sb..uIa make a dash upon Fort Hat
,arae and oyerpower the FederaI SOL
a;ars in charge; but it was deemed LOO
hazardous by his superior ofhcefs. III
Aue,,st. 1861. he was elected coiohei .:
tho Tweuty-Sixth y. L. regiment. anu
led If in victory and defeat. IN surfing
campaigns in North CaroIlia ~ -
oinia for twelve months. lie eAnioi,'.i
fntreoi1rty in the battle with burHStae
for.es nj New Bern in February. $50,
and skill in preventing his regiment from
heing cnt off by the burning OF lIehl
river bridge and the gunboats aSttiIuinf
the river. He calamity lea ms 'oAinn
in the fight around apou.
July Ist. against protest OF lis oiiictis
and men who recognized now hiucn IiS
life would he worth as Governor Oh tne
State. 10 which office he was 'nth "u"pue
to be elected. They adj dehglfttu 10 loHon
him. hut thev felt that the regiment was
s,fa under he leadership of Such men
ne lieutenant Colonel Harry BurgWyn'
who was to close his gallant career one
wear LATER nj gettysburg. anu JONI,
Iane. afterwards 10 distinguish nm
self as their COMMANDER, ana who' y"
! tle-scarwed as he Is, still ulitNIisitts - nN
best citizenship OF the State' h+
If Colonel Vance Wee slam the! tiouSn'
tha loss 10 the State ana ITS soiultIs
would be irreparable. lie lsteheu ho1
~ their entreatieS. however, anu S1inlSu
the fortunes of his command uhtll uuIS
notified of his election, III August. ~
was besoucht. in 1861. to be a candidate
for the Confedprat Congress, but posi-
lively refused 10 Go so. or even 10 Serve
if elected. His nomination for the 'oN-
ernorShip was u~nSOught. ana 1T was ac-
cppted only after assurances from man!
friends representing both the old parlleS
of the State. and whose opinion he could
not disregard. that, IN that once ne
could best serve the Confederate cause
as we'll as the people of North Carolina;
His popularity rs Il soldier was attested
be the fact. that he received every vote
in his regiment. while the rank and tile
of our soldiers of other commands voted
the same way. Many officers of other
regiments expressed their preference for
bis competitor. Col. William Johnston. of
Charlotte, a man OF AFFAIRS ana 81 uls-
tinguiShed membe Of the convention OF
ISG1-62. He had earlier espouSed the
cause of the South. Some of the APP
DointeeS OF Governors Ellis and Clark
participated in the mistake President
Jefferson Davis evidently made. that
those who did not eSpouSe the South
ern cause, before Lincoln's proclamation
Of 1861. could not be as Jealous in its
support as those who were originally
Secessionists. or who advocated seces-
sion on the election Of Lincoln. Some
were not fully convinced that Vance
could be, At heart Il true Confederate
until later in the war. How little they
knew Of the nature OF the man. Having
cast his lot with the South and pledged
his faith to its cause. that faith he
thenceforth did bear Of life and limb
and telrene honor" When the term of
enlistment of his old company expired,
many of its members expressed their in
tention to return to their homes and
families. He had them called ont and
formed III Il square, and standing in their
midst made them Il speech on what he
thought to he the duty Of the hour. 1t
breathel such fervor and devotion to
the Southern banne that not one failed
to re-enlist; and even fathers. who had
come to take their boys home. resolved
to remain with them and share their for
tunes
That they did mot resent the ad-
vice was proved by the number Of
their SONS, born during or soon
after the war. whom they named
for him. It is said that when he was
canvaSsing the section of the mountains
from which they hailed, in 1876, he be-
gam by presenting a five dollar bill to
each had introduced as his nameSakc: but
they began to come so fast that. to avoid
bankruptcy. he was obliged to reduce
the present TO $500 a head.
but NaGces night to the epithet Of