Civil War
GOVERNOR'S PALACE
Completed 1816. Vance was the last governor to reside there, 1862-5. Stood 50 yards south.
H-8Wake County
Where it stands. South Street at Wilmington Street, Raleigh
"This is a country for white men, and, by G—d, as long as I am president it shall be a government for white men." Johnson, quoted in The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation by Brenda Wineapple (p. xviii)