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 at	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 Regiment 1st Brigade
Battles/wars	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 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.

Adley Hogan Gladden was born on October 28, 1810 in the Fairfield District of South Carolina. In 1830, he became a cotton broker in Columbia, South Carolina. He served in the Florida War or Second Seminole War. He was appointed postmaster of Columbia, South Carolina by President John Tyler.

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