Vance also hated the Confederate Draft. He signed thousands of exemptions for North Carolina citizens to keep them from being drafted into the Confederate Army.
The Navy was due to distrust of the leadership, the uniform manufacturing was due to getting short shrift from that same leadership. He walked a tightrope all through that war, balancing the wants and needs of the entire State. As I said, he was a good and decent man in a difficult circumstance. The fools who condemn every Confederate are beyond contempt. Not all were part of it willingly, but they gave their all once in. That was certainly the case in NC.