Adley H. Gladden

Adley Hogan Gladden
Adley Hogan Gladden
Nickname(s)	"Bengal Tiger"
Born	(1810-09-28)September 28, 1810 Fairfield District, South Carolina
Died	April 12, 1862(1862-04-12)(aged 51) Shiloh, Tennessee
Buried	Magnolia Cemetery,Mobile, Alabama
Allegiance	United States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch	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 Regulars 1st Brigade
Battles/wars	Second Seminole War Mexican–American War Battle of Churubusco Belen Gate American Civil War Battle of Pensacola Battle of Shiloh†

Adley Hogan Gladden(September 28, 1810 – April 12, 1862) was lieutenant colonel and second commander of thePalmetto Regimentof South Carolina volunteers during theMexican–American Warand abrigadier generalin theConfederate States Armyduring theAmerican Civil War.He impressed GeneralBraxton Braggafterdefending PensacolafromUnion Armybombardment and after a brief assignment atMobile, Alabama,he was brought toCorinth, Mississippi,to command a brigade in theArmy of Mississippi.He was mortally wounded at theBattle of Shiloh.

Early life

Adley Hogan Gladden was born on October 28, 1810, in theFairfield Districtof South Carolina.In 1830, he became a cotton broker inColumbia, South Carolina.Gladden owned several slaves, whom he later sold to his brother-in-law.He served in the Florida War orSecond Seminole War.He was appointed postmaster of Columbia, South Carolina, byPresidentJohn Tyler.

Mexican–American War

In the Mexican–American War, Gladden was a major and then, as lieutenant colonel, commander of thePalmetto Regimentof South Carolina volunteers.After the death of its colonel and lieutenant-colonel while storming the Mexican works at theBattle of Churubusco,Gladden became lieutenant colonel and commander of the regiment.He led the Palmetto Regiment in theassault upon the Belen Gateat theBattle of Mexico City,where he also was severely wounded.

Gladden moved toNew Orleans,Louisiana, after the war.

American Civil War

On January 25, 1861, Gladden accepted appointment as lieutenant colonel of the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment, but soon resigned to become a member of the Louisiana secession convention.After the convention ended, he became colonel of the1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Regulars)and took the regiment toPensacola, Florida.On September 30, 1861, he was commissionedbrigadier generaland assigned to command of a brigade, including the 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment, of which future brigadier generalDaniel Weisiger Adamsthen became colonel.He was in command of his brigade during thebombardment of the Confederate forts at Pensacola harbor,andGeneralBraxton Braggexpressed thanks for the able support Gladden provided.From December 22, 1861, to January 27, 1862, he was commander of theArmy of Pensacola.

Subsequently, General Bragg, expressing a desire to form a brigade of regiments which should set an example of discipline and official excellence, said, "I should desire General Gladden to command them."On January 27, 1862, Gladden was transferred to Mobile, Alabama, until March 9, 1862, and then to Corinth, Mississippi, where he was placed in command of a brigade composed of four Alabama regiments, the 1st Louisiana and Robertson's battery in theArmy of Mississippi.

On the first day of theBattle of Shiloh,April 6, 1862, Gladden was mortally wounded by a shell fragment, which required amputation of an arm on the field.

GeneralP. G. T. Beauregard,commander of the Army of Mississippi after the death of GeneralAlbert Sidney Johnstonat Shiloh on April 6, 1862, described Gladden's death as follows: "In the same quarter of the field all of Withers' division, including Gladden's brigade, reinforced byJohn C. Breckinridge's whole reserve, soon became engaged, andBenjamin Prentiss' entire line, though fighting stoutly, was pressed back in confusion. We early lost the services of the gallant Gladden, a man of soldierly aptitudes and experience, who, after a marked influence upon the issue in his quarter of the field, fell mortally wounded. "

Adley Hogan Gladden died on April 12, 1862.He is buried inMagnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama).

See also

List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)

References

• Dimitry, John Bull Smith.Confederate Military History: Louisiana, Arkansas.Volume 10. Evans, Clement Anselm, ed. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899.OCLC11645726.Retrieved July 20, 2011.
• Eicher, John H., andDavid J. Eicher,Civil War High Commands.Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001.ISBN978-0-8047-3641-1.
• Sifakis, Stewart.Who Was Who in the Civil War.New York: Facts On File, 1988.ISBN978-0-8160-1055-4.
• Warner, Ezra J.Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.ISBN978-0-8071-0823-9.