Father: James Sloan
Mother: Susan Harlan Brown
1850 - Farmer, Polk Co, TN
- Attended Maryville College, Maryville, Blount Co, TN
1860 - M.D. degree, University of Nashville, Medical Department, Nashville, TN (from
Maryville, Blount Co, TN, before medical school)
1860 - Practiced medicine, Spring Place, Murray Co, GA
06/28/1861 - Enlisted, Confederate States Army, Spring Place, Murray Co, GA
07/03/1861 - Mustered in, Pvt., Co C, 11th GA Infantry, Atlanta, GA
08/27/1861 - Sgt., Co C, 11th GA Infantry, Camp Bartow, [VA]
08/27/1861 - Discharged, Camp Bartow [VA], on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability
because of rheumatism in an ankle
02/14/1862 - Re-enlisted, Confederate States Army, Cleveland, Bradley Co, TN
02/14/1862-03/01/1862 - Pvt. 5th TN Cavalry (McKensie's - a.k.a., 1st TN Cavalry)
03/01/1862 - Elected 3rd Lt., or 2nd Lt., Co I, 5th TN Cavalry (McKensie's)
04/30/1862 - 2nd Lt., Co I, 5th TN Cavalry
06/00/1862 - Bvt. 2nd Lt., 5th TN Cavalry
08/25/1862 - Signed a contract to serve as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Army
08/25/1862-10/31/862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Hospital No.2, Knoxville, TN
10/31/1862-12/31/862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, University Hospital , Knoxville, TN
03/12/1863 - Reported for duty as Asst. Surgeon
06/10/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, to rank from 03/12/1863
07/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Clinch Hospital, Kingston, TN
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
04/30/1864 - Ordered to report to the 50th AL Infantry as Asst. Surgeon
05/10/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 50th AL Infantry, in the field
08/15/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 50th AL Infantry,
Gen. Z.C. Deas' Brigade, Gen. J.P. Anderson's Division, Gen. S. D. Lee's Corps, Atlanta, GA
11/30/1864 - "In the bloody battle of Franklin all of his litter bearers having been shot
down; he went on the line to look after the wounded; and was shot through the right
elbow. Turning to leave the field; he was shot through the left lung; from the effects of which he died the following June." When the Confederate troops evacuated, Dr. Sloan was left behind in a hospital in Franklin, TN
06/19/1865 - Died in the home of Confederate Col. [?Capt.] John B. McEwen, Franklin,
Williamson Co, TN, from complications of a gunshot wound to his lung

Note: Although Dr. Sloan's gravestone claims he was a Surgeon, there is no evidence in his Compiled Service Records that he was promoted beyond the rank of an Asst. Surgeon.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
12/01/2012. Updated 04/23/2020.
Unpublished database.