Adley Hogan Gladden | |
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 Adley Hogan Gladden | |
| Nickname(s) | "Bengal Tiger" |
| Born | September 28, 1810 Fairfield District, South Carolina |
| Died | April 12, 1862 (aged 51) Shiloh, Tennessee |
| Buried | Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama |
| Allegiance |  United States of America Confederate States of America |
| Service |  United States Army Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1846–1848 (USA) 1861–1862 (CSA) |
| Rank |  Lieutenant Colonel (USA) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Unit |  1st Louisiana Regulars1st Brigade |
| Battles / wars | Second Seminole War Mexican–American War |
Adley Hogan Gladden (September 28, 1810 – April 12, 1862) was lieutenant colonel and second commander of the Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina volunteers during the Mexican–American War and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He impressed General Braxton Bragg after defending Pensacola from Union Army bombardment and after a brief assignment at Mobile, Alabama, he was brought to Corinth, Mississippi, to command a brigade in the Army of Mississippi. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Shiloh.[1]
- ^ Much of the information on Gladden's military career was taken from a public domain book (published before 1923) Dimitry, John Bull Smith. Confederate Military History: Louisiana, Arkansas. Volume 10. Evans, Clement Anselm, ed. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. OCLC 11645726. Retrieved July 20, 2011. pp. 301–302. The article has been edited since its original entry on this page and additional facts and sources have been added, but it still contains essential facts from that account.