CDV shows Sloan standing with one hand resting on a book on a table and the other folded behind his back. He wears dark frockcoat and matching trousers. The coat is closed by nine rather prominent buttons and on the collar are two small stars.

Contrast and clarity are okay. Paper and mount are toned. Three of the four mount edges have been trimmed. Bottom of the mount has a period ink ID of “JOHN B. SLOAN.”

Reverse is blank but for collector information in pencil and a period pencil inscription at center that reads “A TRUE MAN.”

Image is from the collection of the late William A. Turner.

John Baylis Earle Sloan was born in Covington, Franklin County, Georgia on March 2, 1828. When he was eight years old the family moved to Pendleton, South Carolina.

Sloan was commissioned colonel of the 4^th South Carolina on April 14, 1861. He and his regiment were present at the first battle of Bull Run where they served under then Colonel N. G. “Shanks” Evens and took a prominent part in the battle.

Records show Sloan in the hospital at Culpepper, Virginia and being discharged from the service on August 30, 1861. After his discharge he was appointed major and chief quartermaster for the state of South Carolina collecting taxes.

After the war Sloan went into the cotton business in Charleston and served one term in the state legislature. He died in Charleston on February 26, 1906 and is buried there in St. Paul’s Episcopal Cemetery.    [AD] [ph:L]

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