- Collection:
- Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room Collection
- Title:
- Carte-de-visite of James O. A. Sparks
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1865
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army--Chaplains
Confederate States of America. Army--Uniforms
Quartermasters--Georgia
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Carte-de-visite photograph of Chaplain James O. A. Sparks. Sparks had enlisted in April 1861 in the Southern Rifles from Talbot County, a unit that became Co. A, 4th Georgia Infantry. In May he became regimental chaplain. Sometime in 1862 he decided he could do more back in Georgia and resigned from the army. After he returned home he joined the Georgia Methodist Conference and became an influential member of that body, provided for the men's physical needs after he became acting brigade quartermaster.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:arl_awc_awc332
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/acclheritage/do:awc332
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Athens-Clarke County Library
- Rights:
-
