Adley Hogan Gladden
Born: October 28, 1810
Birthplace: Gladden's Grove, Winnsboro, South Carolina
Father: William Minor Gladden 1787 – 1867
(Buried: Gladden – Powell Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina)
Mother: Jane Tidwell 1792 – 1829
(Buried: Gladden – Powell Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Gandy 1816 – 1854
(Buried: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina)
Children:
Mary Jane Gladden Minge 1840 – 1914
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Anna Butler Gladden 1840 – 1842
Occupation before War:
1841 – 1845: United States Postmaster in Fairfield, South Carolina
Cotton Broker in Columbia, South Carolina
Quartermaster of 22nd South Carolina State Militia
President of the Boston Club
1846 – 1847: Served in the Mexican War rising to rank of Colonel
1847: Wounded in the leg during the Mexican War at Belen Gate
1850: Captain of the Governor's Guards
Mercantile Businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana
President of the Pickwick Club
Civil War Career:
Lt. Colonel of South Carolina Infantry
1861: Attended Louisiana State Secession Convention
1861: Colonel of 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Participated in the Battle of Pensaycola, Florida
Participated in the Siege of Fort Pickens
1862: Mortally Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh
Died: April 12, 1862
Place of Death: Shiloh, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 51 years old
Cause of Death: Mortally Wounded by cannon shot, amputation of the arm
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
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