<hi rend="bold">Letter from Zebulon B. Vance to General William T. Sherman, April 11, 1865:</hi> Electronic Edition. Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894 Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Bari Helms Images scanned by Bari Helms Text encoded by Sarah Ficke First Edition, 2005 ca. 8K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers (#683), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from Zebulon B. Vance to General William T. Sherman, April 11, 1865 Z. B. Vance 1 page, 1 page image 1865 Call number 683 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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