[CIVIL WAR]. Manuscript copy of resolutions from the 50th North Carolina Regiment, 20 March 1864.

"Camp Burguyine[?], 50th NC Regt," 20 March 1864.

1 1/2 pages, 8 x 12 1/2 in. Creasing, dampstaining, toning. On blue, lined paper.

In part: "At a meeting of the Non. Com. Officers & men of the Co. B 50th Regt N.C.V. held today for the purpose of Passing Resolutions...
1st resolved that we the members of Co B do unanimously willingly and cheerfully tender our Services to the President of these our Confederate States, for the War, let the time be long or short
Resolved 2nd we entered the army for the purpose of maintaining our Rights and we are determined to Remain or die, driving the Invader from our soil.
Resolved 3rd that we have the utmost confidence in our President and his Cabinet also in our commanding Gen. R.E. Lee
Resolved 4th that we have the fullest confidence in our Govern G. B. Vance and feel if Possible a deeper interest in his Reelection at the ensuing campaign
Resolved 5th That every Soldier and citizen in N.C. will ralley to the Ballot Box on the 4th day of August and defeat the Black hearted W.W. Holdon [sic] who we consider North Carolina's greatest Enemy..."

Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894) served as the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, serving from 1862-1865, and then again from 1877-1879. He ran his first campaign as the "soldier's candidate" as he was serving as colonel of the 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment at the time of the election in 1862, actually finding out the results while serving in the trenches at Petersburg. He resigned his commission became the state's governor at 32 years of age.

In 1864, Vance was opposed by William Woods Holden (1818-1892), who was soundly defeated, with the incumbent Vance receiving more than 80 percent of the vote. Holden would go on to become the state's 38th and 40th governor, being appointed for a brief term in 1865 by Andrew Johnson, and later winning the 1868 election. Holden's suppression of the Ku Klux Klan made him a controversial figure in the Reconstruction state, and eventually led to his impeachment.

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents