| Edward Sparrow | |
| Office: | Confederate States Senator from Louisiana |
| Term Start: | February 18, 1862 |
| Term End: | March 18, 1865 |
| Predecessor: | New constituency |
| Successor: | Constituency abolished |
| Office1: | Deputy from Louisiana to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States |
| Term Start1: | February 4, 1861 |
| Term End1: | February 17, 1862 |
| Predecessor1: | New constituency |
| Successor1: | Constituency abolished |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1810 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Lake Providence, Louisiana |
| Resting Place: | Arlington Plantation, Lake Providence, Louisiana |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Kenyon College |
Edward Sparrow (December 29, 1810 - July 4, 1882) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Louisiana from 1862 to 1865.
Sparrow was born in Dublin, Ireland. He represented Louisiana in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. He was a Senator from Louisiana in both the First and the Second Confederate States congresses, serving from 1862 to 1865. He was one of just eight men to be members of the Confederate Congress from its beginning to its end. For the entire war he was chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs.[1]
He was the wealthiest man in the Confederate Government and one of the wealthiest in the entire South. The 1860 Census cites his wealth at $1.2 million, which would be comparable to being a billionaire today. In the 1860 census he is listed as having four land holdings, one in Concordia Parish, Louisiana and three in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, including the Arlington Plantation in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Even in 1880, after the war, East Carroll Parish was the most productive cotton-growing parish or county in the nation. He owned the Arlington Plantation from the 1850s until his death, and is buried in the family cemetery there.[1] [2]