United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181861/1865Carte-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.image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Confederate States of America. Army--ChaplainsConfederate States of America. Army--UniformsQuartermasters--GeorgiaUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--PortraitsCarte-de-visite of James O. A. SparksStillImage