John Alexander Sloan

Son of prosperous merchant Robert Moderwell Sloan (1812-1905), in 1860 he was a 21 year old clerk living with his parents, 6 siblings, and 7 slaves in Greensboro, Guilford County, NC. 19 year old R.B. Gibson also lived with them. John enlisted at Fort Macon at Beaufort Harbor, NC on 20 April 1861 and was appointed 2nd Sergeant of Company B, 27th North Carolina Infantry. He was acting Sergeant Major after 1 May. He mustered with them for Confederate service on 31 August, was elected 2nd Lieutenant on 14 January 1862, and was elected to First Lieutenant at the Army reorganization on 22 April.

He was with his company in Maryland.

He was promoted to Captain on 22 September to date from 17 September 1862 after the death of Captain Adams. He was detailed to the military court for Heth's Division as a Judge Advocate in January 1864 but was afterward with his company to their surrender and parole at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

In 1880 he was in Greensboro, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and his own Reminiscences.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860 & 1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave. Thanks to Jim Smith for the nudge to include Sloan.

He married Mary Morton Wortham (1843-1931) in Richmond, VA on 30 April 1865 and they had 2 children.

His Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment were published in Washington, DC in 1883. He was also author of North Carolina in the War Between the States (1883), online from the Hathi Trust.

His uncle John Sloan (1822-1877) was original Captain of the Guilford Grays/Company B and later Colonel of the regiment to April 1862.

07/27/1839; Guilford County, NC

11/15/1885; Baltimore, MD; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA