 Joseph Wampler Vance May 21, 1841 December 14, 1927 aiva musoja weAmerica anobva kuIllinois. Akadzidza paUnited States Military Academy, Vance akagadzwa mudzidzisi wemauto eUnion pakatanga Hondo Yenyika. Akashanda pamwe naWilliam Rosecrans saActing Assistant Adjutant General, ndokuzoita Aide-de-Camp kuna William Carlin. Vance akapinda muhondo dzeFredericktown, Farmington, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, uye Kennesaw Mountain. Mushure mehondo, Vance akabatsira kutanga Illinois National Guard, pakupedzisira achisimuka kuti ave Adjutant General weIllinois 18841891. 