VANCE, Robert Brank

Confederate

Born: April 24 1828, Buncombe Cty NC

Died: November 28 1899, nr Asheville NC

Pre-War Profession: Merchant, farmer, court clerk

War Service: 1861 recruited the Buncombe Life Guards - Capt., incorporated into 29th North Carolina, October 1861Col., East Tennessee, defense of Cumberland Gap, Kentucky invasion, Murfreesboro, March 1863 Brig. Gen., command of a district in North Carolina, captured at Schultz's Mill TN.

Post War: Politician, US congressman, assistant commissioner of patents.